Bogué climate — normals and trends
Bogué (Mauritania) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.9 °C and it receives 175 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is May (33.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Bogué averages 0 frost days, 339 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 26 rainy days per year.
Bogué has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.2 °C (on 29 May 2025) and the coldest 10.0 °C (on 8 January 1965).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BoguéBrakna
- coords
- 16.59°, -14.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
29.9°C
Average daily high
36.4°C
Average daily low
23.5°C
Annual rainfall
175mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
35%
Average peak wind
22.4km/h
Seasonal range
9.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
339 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
26 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
35.9 °C
Average feels-like low
22.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
290 d/yr
Solar radiation
23.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
47.2 °C
29 May 2025
Coldest day
10.0 °C
8 January 1965
Wettest day
78 mm
8 August 1947
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
13 February 2023
Strongest gust
77.8 km/h
13 February 2023
Hottest feels-like
47.7 °C
5 June 2020
Coldest feels-like
4.5 °C
8 January 1965
Sunniest day
12.1 h
16 May 2007
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 34.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 37.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 40.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 42.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 40.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 37.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 12 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 35.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 105 mm | +30 mm |
| Sep | 36.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 49 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 39.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 37.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 31.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bogué?
Bogué has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.9 °C and it receives 175 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bogué?
The hottest day measured in Bogué between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 2025, reaching 47.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bogué?
The coldest day measured in Bogué between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1965, at 10.0 °C.
Does it snow in Bogué?
Almost never: Bogué sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bogué warmed?
Yes: Bogué warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bogué?
The wettest day measured in Bogué between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1947, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bogué?
The windiest day measured in Bogué between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2023, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bogué?
The warmest month in Bogué is May (33.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bogué?
Bogué receives on average 175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 26 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bogué?
Bogué gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bogué?
Yes: Bogué has on average 290 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bogué?
In Bogué, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 5 June 2020, and the lowest was 4.5 °C on 8 January 1965.
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