Nouakchott climate

Nouakchott Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Nouakchott, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 24°C on March 1 to 24°C on March 31, and lows from 18°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 12 mm over about 0 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Nouakchott, in °C, with the record for each date.101520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
24°C
Average low
18°C
Precipitation
12 mm
Reanalysis high
35°CMar 31, 2017
Reanalysis low
14°CMar 1, 2019
Daylight
11 h 47 min to 12 h 18 min
Cloud cover
27%
Humidity
63%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
20.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 124°C18°C28°C 200814°C 20191%
Mar 224°C18°C28°C 199815°C 20191%
Mar 324°C18°C29°C 200715°C 19991%
Mar 424°C18°C29°C 202016°C 20111%
Mar 524°C18°C29°C 199816°C 20121%
Mar 624°C18°C30°C 202016°C 20041%
Mar 724°C18°C30°C 201716°C 19941%
Mar 824°C18°C32°C 200016°C 20110%
Mar 924°C18°C31°C 200016°C 19940%
Mar 1024°C18°C32°C 201716°C 19940%
Mar 1124°C18°C31°C 201716°C 20140%
Mar 1224°C18°C29°C 200016°C 19990%
Mar 1324°C18°C30°C 201716°C 19960%
Mar 1424°C18°C30°C 200016°C 19940%
Mar 1524°C18°C30°C 201215°C 19990%
Mar 1624°C18°C27°C 200515°C 19991%
Mar 1724°C18°C33°C 200816°C 19991%
Mar 1824°C18°C29°C 200816°C 19971%
Mar 1924°C18°C29°C 201216°C 19971%
Mar 2024°C18°C28°C 200216°C 20151%
Mar 2124°C18°C32°C 199316°C 20151%
Mar 2224°C18°C31°C 199317°C 20032%
Mar 2324°C18°C29°C 200616°C 20032%
Mar 2424°C18°C28°C 199316°C 20152%
Mar 2524°C18°C29°C 200616°C 19912%
Mar 2624°C18°C30°C 201016°C 20152%
Mar 2724°C18°C30°C 199616°C 19912%
Mar 2824°C18°C31°C 200517°C 19912%
Mar 2924°C18°C31°C 200617°C 20142%
Mar 3024°C18°C32°C 200817°C 20092%
Mar 3124°C18°C35°C 201717°C 19912%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Nouakchott, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

March 1
sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 7:10 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 7:17 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.