Chinguetti

Mauritania

A crumbling desert outpost historically serving as a critical trading hub and center of Islamic scholarship.

Warmest month is July at 41°C on average. Coolest is January at 27°C.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January27°±5°·
February29°±5°·
March32°±5°·
April35°±5°·
May38°±4°·
June40°±4°·
July41°±3°·
August40°±3°·
September39°±4°·
October38°±4°·
November33°±5°·
December28°±5°·

What to do

  • Examine ancient manuscripts in the desert libraries
  • Climb the surrounding Saharan dunes at sunset
  • Spot the 13th-century stone mosque

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.