Climate Guerguerat Border Heliport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nouadhibou International Airport (GQPP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	48.9	45	52	38	67	48
February	40.8	17	48	42	47	31
March	44.6	43	42	43	62	45
April	57.3		41	43	75	80
May	45.5		41	36	50	72
June	40.9		50	40	35	39
July	29.7		20	28	49	45
August	41.1		17	49	57	57
September	52.3		62	53	43	76
October	52.6		42	35	51	71
November	68.5		52	62	71	66
December	60.9		49	71	67	70
Average	46.7	35.2	42.3	43.5	55.8	58.2

2nd best VFR conditions of Mauritania

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.0	82	91	77	92	80
February	80.3	71	85	80	73	77
March	83.5	91	92	78	89	80
April	89.2		88	84	97	95
May	87.8		87	83	82	90
June	81.5		91	79	75	63
July	75.7		79	69	80	76
August	84.6		82	87	93	90
September	87.7		97	91	85	92
October	87.6		93	73	94	91
November	93.4		96	90	94	95
December	83.4		69	99	93	92
Average	84.4	81.5	87.2	81.4	87.0	84.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.0	29	27	25	27	26
February	26.4	29	24	26	27	30
March	27.0	27	30	26	26	28
April	26.3		26	25	27	28
May	26.6		27	28	27	28
June	28.8		28	29	30	32
July	27.2		29	28	26	27
August	28.7		30	29	31	28
September	30.9		31	31	31	32
October	30.9		33	30	29	32
November	28.7		31	30	27	31
December	26.3		27	27	27	25
Average	27.8	28.0	28.5	27.8	27.8	28.7

2nd highest temperature of Mauritania

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.6	18	16	17	16	14
February	15.9	18	14	17	16	18
March	16.6	17	18	15	16	17
April	17.2		18	16	18	18
May	17.7		18	18	18	18
June	19.7		19	20	20	22
July	20.3		22	21	20	21
August	21.5		23	22	21	22
September	22.1		23	23	22	24
October	20.8		23	20	20	21
November	18.7		20	19	19	19
December	16.2		16	18	15	17
Average	18.4	17.5	19.2	18.7	18.2	19.1

1st lowest temperature of Mauritania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	1.5	0	7	0	0	1
March	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
April	0.0		1	0	0	0
May	0.2		1	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	1	0	0
September	0.3		0	1	0	1
October	0.3		0	0	2	1
November	0.4		0	0	3	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.2		0.7	0.1	0.4	0.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.3	9	13	11	12	12
February	12.9	13	14	13	14	12
March	14.7	16	12	17	16	14
April	15.5		14	16	16	16
May	16.5		16	16	17	17
June	16.2		15	17	17	16
July	14.8		15	15	15	13
August	13.0		12	13	13	13
September	12.9		14	13	13	11
October	12.3		11	13	13	13
November	10.9		11	11	10	10
December	11.0		9	10	11	12
Average	13.5	12.4	13.0	13.8	14.0	13.3

2nd highest wind speed of Mauritania

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	043°	041°	040°	039°	050°
February	031°	021°	021°	016°	032°
March	006°	002°	011°	011°	010°
April		356°	004°	002°	004°
May		002°	358°	002°	360°
June		354°	004°	002°	006°
July		355°	350°	351°	345°
August		340°	355°	351°	348°
September		356°	006°	360°	347°
October		356°	003°	360°	004°
November		025°	018°	011°	031°
December		047°	015°	031°	034°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.