Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakhla weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Dakhla: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nouadhibou (325 km away). In January its highs average 21.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Dakhla, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Dakhla ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 21.9°C; Dakhla is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.6 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Nouadhibou in JanuaryMauritania · 325 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in JanuarySpain · 472 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Laayoune in JanuaryWestern Sahara · 474 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Telde in JanuarySpain · 482 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in JanuarySpain · 494 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Arona in JanuarySpain · 496 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in JanuarySpain · 533 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Nouakchott in JanuaryMauritania · 623 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 2.2 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.