Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouakchott weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Nouakchott: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes November a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Richard-Toll (183 km away). In November its highs average 35.8°C, 4.2°C warmer than Nouakchott, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouakchott ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 2 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 2 cities is 28.1°C; Nouakchott is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Nouakchott climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| March | 30.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 33.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| June | 33.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 33.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 18 | 2.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| November, selected | 31.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.0 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Richard-Toll in NovemberSenegal · 183 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in NovemberSenegal · 236 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Louga in NovemberSenegal · 276 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Nouadhibou in NovemberMauritania · 336 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Touba in NovemberSenegal · 359 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Tivaouane in NovemberSenegal · 360 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Mbaké in NovemberSenegal · 367 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Thiès in NovemberSenegal · 380 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nouakchott) is explained once on the Nouakchott year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.