Mauritania climate
Hot semi-arid Sahel. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:Nouakchott · Nouadhibou · Kiffa · Dar Naim · Néma · Kaédi
Browse all 16 cities in Mauritania
Grouped by climate type, then by population.
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Hot desert
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Hot semi-arid
1 cityA few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Mauritania.
Climate types in Mauritania
Mauritania spans 2 climate types. All climate types:
Climate records across Mauritania — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Kaédi (88.0 °F avg) · Coolest Nouadhibou (73.4 °F avg) · Wettest Kaédi (18 in/yr) · Driest Bîr Mogreïn (1 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Mauritania sits well between them.