Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakhla weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Dakhla: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nouadhibou (325 km away). In September its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Dakhla, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Dakhla ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 2 cities is 28.9°C; Dakhla is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.5 mm to 3.4 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Nouadhibou in SeptemberMauritania · 325 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in SeptemberSpain · 472 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Laayoune in SeptemberWestern Sahara · 474 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Telde in SeptemberSpain · 482 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in SeptemberSpain · 494 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Arona in SeptemberSpain · 496 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in SeptemberSpain · 533 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Nouakchott in SeptemberMauritania · 623 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 18 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.