Climate Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport (GQNO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.2	66	66	46	45	33
February	44.6	41	48	32	35	49
March	51.1	52	71	35	52	51
April	59.1		67	49	64	64
May	52.3		57	44	49	56
June	47.2		77	20	35	23
July	51.7		41	32	68	55
August	66.9		70	66	66	52
September	60.2		73	66	70	47
October	66.3		67	73	68	61
November	74.8		59	72	80	76
December	61.6		66	94	61	71
Average	56.7	53.1	63.4	50.3	57.5	52.7

1st 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	76.1	78	92	69	65	59
February	65.6	65	79	54	53	67
March	74.4	72	90	61	74	72
April	85.3		90	78	87	84
May	83.0		90	75	80	79
June	74.6		95	51	69	43
July	85.8		82	77	94	87
August	93.9		94	94	88	93
September	87.3		90	89	84	86
October	88.1		99	92	86	87
November	89.5		86	87	90	94
December	76.1		77	99	80	84
Average	80.6	71.7	88.7	76.2	79.2	77.9

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	30.0	32	30	30	30	30
February	31.0	34	30	31	32	34
March	33.1	33	35	32	33	35
April	32.9		33	31	35	34
May	32.7		34	33	33	34
June	34.0		34	36	34	33
July	29.9		32	30	29	30
August	31.5		32	32	33	32
September	34.4		36	35	35	33
October	36.7		35	36	37	39
November	34.0		36	35	35	34
December	30.4		31	33	31	29
Average	32.6	33.0	33.1	32.8	32.8	33.2

1st 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	14.2	16	15	16	15	14
February	15.9	17	17	16	16	18
March	17.2	17	19	16	17	17
April	19.4		20	19	20	20
May	20.3		22	20	20	21
June	22.9		23	24	23	24
July	24.2		25	25	23	25
August	25.3		25	26	26	27
September	25.9		27	27	26	26
October	24.1		25	24	24	25
November	19.0		19	18	21	20
December	15.3		16	17	17	15
Average	19.8	16.4	21.1	20.6	20.7	20.8

2nd 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	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.1		0	1	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.7		2	2	0	1
September	0.6		1	1	1	0
October	0.2		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.1		0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1

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	11.6	10	11	11	13	13
February	12.7	12	13	14	13	13
March	12.8	13	11	14	14	13
April	14.0		13	14	15	14
May	14.3		14	14	15	14
June	13.5		14	14	14	13
July	12.4		13	13	12	12
August	11.6		11	11	12	12
September	10.8		10	11	11	10
October	11.0		11	10	11	12
November	10.3		10	10	10	11
December	11.1		10	10	10	11
Average	12.2	11.4	11.7	12.1	12.6	12.2

1st 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	078°	067°	072°	061°	079°
February	062°	028°	048°	046°	073°
March	002°	004°	019°	017°	021°
April		343°	344°	353°	353°
May		343°	334°	337°	338°
June		320°	334°	314°	309°
July		283°	284°	293°	283°
August		280°	284°	290°	281°
September		320°	350°	298°	287°
October		326°	015°	020°	037°
November		065°	064°	031°	078°
December		068°	038°	064°	036°

Prevailing wind direction

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