Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouakchott weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Nouakchott: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Richard-Toll (183 km away). In October its highs average 38.2°C, 3.5°C warmer than Nouakchott, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouakchott ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 30.6°C; Nouakchott is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.4 mm to 1.1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 34.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Richard-Toll in OctoberSenegal · 183 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in OctoberSenegal · 236 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Louga in OctoberSenegal · 276 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Nouadhibou in OctoberMauritania · 336 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Touba in OctoberSenegal · 359 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Tivaouane in OctoberSenegal · 360 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Mbaké in OctoberSenegal · 367 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 380 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 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.