Kiffa, Mauritania climate

BWh Hot desert

Kiffa has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is June with an average daily high near 43°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 17°C at night. Precipitation totals about 238 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 93 mm while January barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ Summers

Extreme heat

Highs near 43°C in June.

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 17°C in January.

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 238 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Fairly sunny

More sun than cloud through the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Kiffa climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	34	38	41	43	43	39	36	37	39	36	32
Avg temp (°C)	24	26	30	34	37	37	34	32	32	33	29	25
Avg low (°C)	17	19	23	26	30	31	29	27	27	26	22	18
Precipitation (mm)	0	0	0	0	11	29	72	93	—	18	—	14

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	34	38	41	43	43
Avg temp (°C)	24	26	30	34	37	37
Avg low (°C)	17	19	23	26	30	31
Precipitation (mm)	0	0	0	0	11	29

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	39	36	37	39	36	32
Avg temp (°C)	34	32	32	33	29	25
Avg low (°C)	29	27	27	26	22	18
Precipitation (mm)	72	93	—	18	—	14

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	43	39	31	30	36	41	46	53	49	39	42	46
Relative humidity (%)	21	17	15	14	17	26	48	63	61	43	28	24
Wind speed (m/s)	3.9	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.4	2.7	2.2	2.2	3.0	3.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	43	39	31	30	36	41
Relative humidity (%)	21	17	15	14	17	26
Wind speed (m/s)	3.9	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.1	3.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	46	53	49	39	42	46
Relative humidity (%)	48	63	61	43	28	24
Wind speed (m/s)	3.4	2.7	2.2	2.2	3.0	3.7

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 17 years of daily observations at Kiffa, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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