Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakhla weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Dakhla: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nouadhibou (325 km away). In October its highs average 26.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Dakhla, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Dakhla ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 27.5°C; Dakhla is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.4 mm to 1.7 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nouadhibou in OctoberMauritania · 325 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in OctoberSpain · 472 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Laayoune in OctoberWestern Sahara · 474 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Telde in OctoberSpain · 482 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in OctoberSpain · 494 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Arona in OctoberSpain · 496 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in OctoberSpain · 533 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Nouakchott in OctoberMauritania · 623 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 6.4 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.