Average temperature in May is 26.2 °C
Average daytime temperature is 33.2 °C
Average night temperature is 22.1 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 43.8 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 19.4 °C
Number of sunny days: 30
Number of rainy days: 1
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 8 mm
* Weather data for Nouakchott Mauritania is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 43.8 | 33.9 | 42.3 | 39.4 | 34.8 | 30.4 | 36.1 | 34.4 | 31.9 | 28.1 | 32.2 | 28.4 | 31.4 | 26.8 | 32.2 | 26.9 | 31.1 | 34.6 | 36.3 | 34.6 | 27.3 | 25.5 | 29.6 | 32.9 | 29.4 | 32.7 | 35.9 | 35 | 38.4 | 37.5 | 34.4 |
| Apparent max temperature | 39.8 | 33.7 | 40 | 36 | 31.9 | 28.1 | 33.4 | 33.1 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 32.1 | 29.1 | 30 | 26.1 | 30.6 | 26.9 | 31.4 | 32.7 | 34.6 | 33 | 28 | 24.2 | 26.4 | 29.4 | 29.8 | 31 | 36 | 32.4 | 33 | 35.5 | 31.3 |
| Mean temperature | 31 | 27.1 | 29.1 | 30.5 | 29.9 | 25.6 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 25.2 | 22.6 | 24.5 | 23.1 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 24.3 | 25.3 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 23.9 | 25.9 | 26 | 26.5 | 27.7 | 28.3 | 31.8 | 30 | 27.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 21.9 | 21.4 | 19.9 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 20 | 19.8 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 20 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 22 | 22.7 | 22.2 |
| Minimum temperature | 24.1 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 24.6 | 26.1 | 21.9 | 22 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 20.1 | 21 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 20 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 19.4 | 23.7 | 22.9 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 26.5 | 26 | 24 |
| Apparent min temperature | 28.4 | 26.4 | 27 | 26.9 | 26.8 | 23 | 24.5 | 25.1 | 24.3 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 21.6 | 21 | 21.3 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.6 | 27.8 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 25.1 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11.8 | 12 | 11.5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 4.6 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 26.8 | 20.2 | 30.1 | 36 | 30.4 | 32.1 | 27.1 | 24.3 | 25.4 | 23 | 31.1 | 29.3 | 29 | 29.6 | 34 | 31.4 | 28.8 | 30.2 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 30.2 | 32.5 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 36.4 | 34.9 | 26.1 | 33 | 46.6 | 34.7 | 32.7 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Nouakchott was 43.8°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 19.4°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Nouakchott are 22.1°C and 33.2°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 8 mm.