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
- CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline$1.25 (~$1.25)PPP price tier 1 / 4
- $1.75 (~$1.75)PPP price tier 1 / 4
- Flight timeMethodology5h 30m from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors1,101 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
| Month | Avg high | Swing | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | ±5° | · |
| February | 29° | ±5° | · |
| March | 32° | ±5° | · |
| April | 35° | ±5° | · |
| May | 38° | ±4° | · |
| June | 40° | ±4° | · |
| July | 41° | ±3° | · |
| August | 40° | ±3° | · |
| September | 39° | ±4° | · |
| October | 38° | ±4° | · |
| November | 33° | ±5° | · |
| December | 28° | ±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.