Imlili Sebkha

Western Sahara

A surreal desert depression dotted with permanent saltwater pools full of tiny fish.

Warmest month is July at 39°C on average. Coolest is January at 26°C.

Six lead datapoints

  • Flight timeMethodology
    5h from London Heathrow
    Great-circle plus routing overhead.
  • 1,054 kg return from London Heathrow
    DEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January26°±5°·
February27°±5°·
March28°±5°·
April30°±4°·
May32°±5°·
June35°±4°·
July39°±5°·
August39°±5°·
September37°±5°·
October34°±5°·
November30°±5°·
December26°±4°·

What to do

  • Dip your toes in the pools for a wild fish pedicure
  • Off-road across the stark surrounding Saharan terrain
  • Hunt for ancient desert fossils in the sand

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.