Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakhla weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Dakhla: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nouadhibou (325 km away). In December its highs average 22.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Dakhla, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Dakhla ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 2 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 2 cities is 22.8°C; Dakhla is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.7 mm to 3.6 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Nouadhibou in DecemberMauritania · 325 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in DecemberSpain · 472 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Laayoune in DecemberWestern Sahara · 474 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Telde in DecemberSpain · 482 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in DecemberSpain · 494 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Arona in DecemberSpain · 496 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in DecemberSpain · 533 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Nouakchott in DecemberMauritania · 623 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.0 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.