Dar Naim climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dar Naim?

Dar Naim has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 54 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dar Naim?

The hottest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2015, reaching 43.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dar Naim?

The coldest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1956, at 10.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dar Naim?

Almost never: Dar Naim sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dar Naim warmed?

Yes: Dar Naim warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dar Naim?

The wettest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1967, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dar Naim?

The windiest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 2002, with winds reaching 52.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dar Naim?

The warmest month in Dar Naim is September (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dar Naim?

Dar Naim receives on average 54 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 9 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dar Naim?

Dar Naim gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dar Naim (Mauritania) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 54 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 September (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Dar Naim averages 0 frost days, 157 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 9 rainy days per year.

Dar Naim has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 4 July 2015) and the coldest 10.1 °C (on 4 January 1956).

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

Dar NaimNouakchott North

coords: 18.11°, -15.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthMay

Mean daily temperature

24.9°C

Average daily high

29.5°C

Average daily low

21.3°C

Annual rainfall

54mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

55%

Average peak wind

25.9km/h

Seasonal range

7.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

157 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

9 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.5 °C

Average feels-like low

20.1 °C

Average peak gust

38.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

223 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

43.2 °C

4 July 2015

Coldest day

10.1 °C

4 January 1956

Wettest day

76 mm

6 October 1967

Windiest day

52.8 km/h

10 January 2002

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

14 March 1979

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

27 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

4.8 °C

3 January 1943

Sunniest day

12.3 h

27 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.3 °C27 May 2025	12.7 °C19 January 2025	25.2 °C	40 mm	156
2024	41.1 °C13 April 2024	16.2 °C5 January 2024	25.8 °C	28 mm	189
2023	41.5 °C18 June 2023	14.2 °C29 January 2023	26.0 °C	45 mm	194
2022	40.6 °C16 May 2022	15.7 °C26 December 2022	25.6 °C	55 mm	180
2021	42.3 °C22 August 2021	14.8 °C7 February 2021	25.4 °C	12 mm	165
2020	39.9 °C14 June 2020	13.0 °C11 January 2020	25.9 °C	27 mm	211
2019	41.4 °C3 August 2019	12.9 °C21 January 2019	24.7 °C	48 mm	142
2018	39.6 °C5 October 2018	12.7 °C10 February 2018	24.3 °C	19 mm	128
2017	43.2 °C8 May 2017	13.3 °C15 January 2017	25.4 °C	19 mm	179
2016	39.5 °C5 September 2016	14.3 °C20 February 2016	25.5 °C	50 mm	168
2015	43.2 °C4 July 2015	14.3 °C8 January 2015	25.7 °C	30 mm	181
2014	41.1 °C28 September 2014	13.2 °C29 December 2014	25.1 °C	10 mm	153
2013	41.7 °C11 June 2013	13.8 °C28 January 2013	25.7 °C	115 mm	193
2012	40.5 °C13 September 2012	11.7 °C22 January 2012	25.1 °C	66 mm	152
2011	39.6 °C27 September 2011	13.8 °C10 February 2011	24.8 °C	20 mm	144
2010	41.2 °C19 June 2010	13.9 °C28 January 2010	25.8 °C	92 mm	202
2009	39.8 °C7 October 2009	12.7 °C18 January 2009	25.0 °C	46 mm	169
2008	38.9 °C10 September 2008	13.1 °C19 December 2008	25.6 °C	41 mm	188
2007	40.1 °C14 May 2007	14.1 °C7 January 2007	25.1 °C	14 mm	154
2006	41.1 °C30 June 2006	12.2 °C19 January 2006	25.3 °C	27 mm	174
2005	40.5 °C20 May 2005	13.5 °C7 February 2005	25.6 °C	78 mm	180
2004	40.7 °C2 June 2004	13.0 °C24 January 2004	25.0 °C	10 mm	160
2003	41.4 °C21 May 2003	12.9 °C16 January 2003	25.1 °C	79 mm	155
2002	41.2 °C19 June 2002	15.7 °C15 January 2002	25.2 °C	63 mm	174
2001	40.0 °C2 June 2001	15.4 °C27 January 2001	25.8 °C	44 mm	189
2000	39.7 °C20 April 2000	11.9 °C7 January 2000	25.1 °C	27 mm	157
1999	42.0 °C12 June 1999	13.6 °C15 January 1999	24.8 °C	59 mm	135
1998	38.8 °C28 September 1998	14.9 °C11 December 1998	25.6 °C	41 mm	180
1997	40.1 °C7 June 1997	14.2 °C23 January 1997	25.7 °C	71 mm	191
1996	40.0 °C28 June 1996	15.1 °C11 December 1996	25.3 °C	29 mm	187
1995	42.5 °C17 June 1995	12.5 °C17 January 1995	24.9 °C	118 mm	158
1994	39.7 °C19 June 1994	11.6 °C20 January 1994	24.4 °C	54 mm	121
1993	39.4 °C15 August 1993	13.2 °C30 January 1993	24.6 °C	102 mm	132
1992	38.6 °C20 June 1992	15.0 °C12 January 1992	24.8 °C	15 mm	129
1991	40.4 °C9 June 1991	14.3 °C25 January 1991	24.6 °C	33 mm	121
1990	39.0 °C3 September 1990	14.0 °C24 December 1990	25.3 °C	23 mm	179
1989	39.6 °C26 June 1989	11.2 °C8 January 1989	25.3 °C	31 mm	182
1988	40.8 °C10 May 1988	13.7 °C18 January 1988	24.9 °C	86 mm	155
1987	40.4 °C5 July 1987	13.2 °C3 January 1987	26.0 °C	9 mm	221
1986	42.5 °C19 May 1986	11.4 °C28 December 1986	24.4 °C	29 mm	137
1985	40.0 °C18 September 1985	13.2 °C17 January 1985	24.8 °C	13 mm	151
1984	40.2 °C26 September 1984	12.8 °C10 January 1984	24.8 °C	17 mm	145
1983	39.0 °C2 June 1983	14.3 °C13 February 1983	25.7 °C	4 mm	190
1982	39.2 °C18 July 1982	12.9 °C29 December 1982	24.5 °C	2 mm	147
1981	39.3 °C10 October 1981	13.7 °C5 February 1981	25.4 °C	22 mm	183
1980	37.9 °C27 September 1980	12.3 °C20 December 1980	24.6 °C	39 mm	143
1979	40.9 °C3 June 1979	14.3 °C22 December 1979	25.3 °C	57 mm	156
1978	39.4 °C2 October 1978	13.3 °C22 January 1978	25.1 °C	48 mm	162
1977	38.7 °C27 August 1977	13.2 °C11 January 1977	25.0 °C	40 mm	163
1976	37.8 °C31 August 1976	12.9 °C23 December 1976	24.2 °C	45 mm	133
1975	41.4 °C25 June 1975	13.6 °C15 January 1975	24.7 °C	61 mm	132
1974	38.8 °C23 May 1974	13.1 °C30 January 1974	24.1 °C	29 mm	111
1973	40.2 °C29 May 1973	13.2 °C1 January 1973	24.9 °C	56 mm	169
1972	40.5 °C2 July 1972	12.7 °C26 December 1972	24.4 °C	33 mm	149
1971	40.1 °C2 October 1971	13.9 °C14 January 1971	24.5 °C	38 mm	140
1970	39.4 °C19 September 1970	14.1 °C20 December 1970	25.2 °C	17 mm	154
1969	38.2 °C16 March 1969	15.2 °C19 January 1969	25.4 °C	117 mm	175
1968	38.4 °C13 August 1968	11.6 °C3 January 1968	24.0 °C	53 mm	125
1967	40.4 °C25 June 1967	12.8 °C26 December 1967	24.2 °C	168 mm	117
1966	38.9 °C7 May 1966	13.0 °C11 January 1966	25.0 °C	89 mm	170
1965	40.1 °C15 May 1965	10.5 °C11 January 1965	24.2 °C	68 mm	131
1964	42.5 °C23 June 1964	13.0 °C27 January 1964	24.6 °C	20 mm	166
1963	39.5 °C22 June 1963	12.1 °C28 December 1963	24.9 °C	114 mm	175
1962	39.5 °C9 July 1962	12.4 °C17 December 1962	24.7 °C	35 mm	142
1961	39.9 °C12 June 1961	12.8 °C15 January 1961	25.0 °C	28 mm	161
1960	39.0 °C3 October 1960	12.6 °C22 January 1960	24.5 °C	11 mm	154
1959	40.3 °C10 August 1959	11.4 °C10 January 1959	24.3 °C	17 mm	146
1958	40.2 °C6 May 1958	13.8 °C14 December 1958	24.9 °C	88 mm	158
1957	38.9 °C28 June 1957	12.0 °C11 January 1957	24.0 °C	47 mm	111
1956	39.8 °C14 September 1956	10.1 °C4 January 1956	24.3 °C	201 mm	138
1955	41.0 °C16 June 1955	13.4 °C28 January 1955	25.2 °C	87 mm	176
1954	39.7 °C9 May 1954	13.6 °C7 February 1954	24.6 °C	149 mm	132
1953	40.2 °C19 May 1953	13.9 °C4 January 1953	24.6 °C	76 mm	148
1952	42.0 °C26 June 1952	10.9 °C11 January 1952	24.4 °C	139 mm	147
1951	40.3 °C25 May 1951	13.0 °C10 February 1951	24.3 °C	180 mm	128
1950	40.0 °C5 July 1950	12.4 °C2 February 1950	24.8 °C	79 mm	158
1949	40.8 °C13 June 1949	11.5 °C1 January 1949	24.7 °C	63 mm	144
1948	41.1 °C19 June 1948	11.7 °C21 January 1948	24.5 °C	34 mm	139
1947	41.0 °C17 June 1947	11.1 °C5 January 1947	24.7 °C	116 mm	166
1946	41.3 °C27 June 1946	11.8 °C28 December 1946	24.4 °C	3 mm	130
1945	40.4 °C15 April 1945	13.9 °C1 January 1945	25.2 °C	62 mm	172
1944	39.5 °C29 August 1944	11.4 °C6 January 1944	24.5 °C	71 mm	151
1943	38.5 °C5 July 1943	10.6 °C2 January 1943	23.8 °C	93 mm	121
1942	40.1 °C8 June 1942	12.0 °C31 December 1942	24.6 °C	21 mm	142
1941	36.9 °C7 October 1941	12.4 °C2 January 1941	24.0 °C	5 mm	123
1940	41.0 °C5 June 1940	11.7 °C15 January 1940	24.7 °C	37 mm	163

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

156 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

40 mm

-14 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.7 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	27.2 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	-2.0 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Apr	29.6 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
May	31.2 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	28.4 °C	-1.0 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Aug	31.1 °C	+0.7 °C	14 mm	+1 mm
Sep	33.2 °C	+1.0 °C	12 mm	-7 mm
Oct	34.5 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	-6 mm
Nov	31.5 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Dec	24.8 °C	-1.9 °C	7 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

27 May 2025

Coldest day

12.7 °C

19 Jan 2025

Wettest day

4.9 mm

30 Sep 2025

Windiest day

43.3 km/h

12 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

12 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

17 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.8 °C

17 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

21 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dar Naim?

Dar Naim has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 54 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dar Naim?

The hottest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2015, reaching 43.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dar Naim?

The coldest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1956, at 10.1 °C.

Does it snow in Dar Naim?

Almost never: Dar Naim sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dar Naim warmed?

Yes: Dar Naim warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dar Naim?

The wettest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1967, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dar Naim?

The windiest day measured in Dar Naim between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 2002, with winds reaching 52.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dar Naim?

The warmest month in Dar Naim is September (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Dar Naim?

Dar Naim receives on average 54 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 9 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dar Naim?

Dar Naim gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dar Naim?

Yes: Dar Naim has on average 223 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dar Naim?

In Dar Naim, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 27 August 2023, and the lowest was 4.8 °C on 3 January 1943.

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