Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakhla weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Dakhla: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nouadhibou (325 km away). In April its highs average 23.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Dakhla, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Dakhla ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 2 cities is 24.1°C; Dakhla is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.3 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Dakhla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 22.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.2 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| July | 26.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 28.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 5.5 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.4 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.7 | 0.5 | 10.711 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
April in nearby cities
- Nouadhibou in AprilMauritania · 325 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in AprilSpain · 472 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Laayoune in AprilWestern Sahara · 474 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Telde in AprilSpain · 482 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in AprilSpain · 494 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Arona in AprilSpain · 496 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in AprilSpain · 533 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Nouakchott in AprilMauritania · 623 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 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 Dakhla) is explained once on the Dakhla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.