According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Mauritania is April and October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Mauritania
- Best months
- April and October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Mauritania is best for
Cross Sahara dunes, visit ancient desert libraries in Chinguetti, and spot birds at Banc d'Arguin.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Mauritania by month
Monthly averages around Nouakchott; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 20 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| February | about 20 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| March | about 21 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| April best | about 21 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| May | about 22 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| June | about 24 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| July | about 26 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| September | about 28 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| October best | about 27 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| November | about 24 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| December | about 22 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Mauritania
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Language
- Arabic
- Currency
- Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)
- Time
- UTC+0
- Plugs
- Type C · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +222
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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