Time in Nouakchott

Mauritania

Nouakchott

07:42:27 PM

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Africa/Nouakchott · UTC+00:00

New York

02:42:27 PM

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

America/New York · UTC−05:00

Your time

08:42:27 PM

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Europe/Madrid · UTC+01:00

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Where is Nouakchott

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Climate and daylight in Nouakchott

  • Warmest month

    September · 28.5 °C

  • Coldest month

    January · 19.9 °C

  • Wettest month

    September · 46 mm

  • Longest day

    June · 13 h 13

Average temperaturedaily high and low · °C
January: 23 / 16.7 °C23°17°JFebruary: 22.9 / 17 °C23°17°FMarch: 23.7 / 17.9 °C24°18°MApril: 23.4 / 18.2 °C23°18°AMay: 24.5 / 19.3 °C25°19°MJune: 26.4 / 21.6 °C26°22°JJuly: 27.4 / 24.5 °C27°25°JAugust: 28.7 / 26.2 °C29°26°ASeptember: 30.1 / 26.9 °C30°27°SOctober: 29.4 / 25 °C29°25°ONovember: 26.7 / 21.6 °C27°22°NDecember: 24.4 / 18.7 °C24°19°D
Rainfallmonthly total · mm
January: 2 mm2JFebruary: 2 mm2FMarch: 15 mm15MApril: 1 mm1AMay: 0 mm0MJune: 2 mm2JJuly: 16 mm16JAugust: 45 mm45ASeptember: 46 mm46SOctober: 19 mm19ONovember: 2 mm2NDecember: 0 mm0D
Sunrise and sunset15th of each month · local time
06:0012:0018:00January: 07:38 – 18:48 (11 h 10)11hJFebruary: 07:31 – 19:05 (11 h 34)12hFMarch: 07:12 – 19:13 (12 h 02)12hMApril: 06:47 – 19:20 (12 h 33)13hAMay: 06:30 – 19:29 (12 h 59)13hMJune: 06:28 – 19:40 (13 h 13)13hJJuly: 06:36 – 19:43 (13 h 07)13hJAugust: 06:46 – 19:30 (12 h 44)13hASeptember: 06:51 – 19:06 (12 h 14)12hSOctober: 06:57 – 18:41 (11 h 44)12hONovember: 07:09 – 18:27 (11 h 17)11hNDecember: 07:27 – 18:30 (11 h 03)11hDToday: ☀ 07:09 · ☾ 18:27

Average climate 2001–2025 from NASA POWER (MERRA-2). Sun times are calculated for the 15th of each month.

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Nouakchott is in Mauritania, with about 1,185,000 inhabitants, and uses the Africa/Nouakchott time zone, currently UTC+00:00. Nouakchott is 5 hours ahead of New York.

Nouakchott does not observe daylight saving time: it stays at UTC+00:00 all year.

Today, Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the sun rises at 07:04 AM and sets at 06:30 PM: 11 h 26 min of daylight. Coordinates: 18.09, -15.98.

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Where is Nouakchott

Nouakchott is at 18.09° N, 15.98° W, in Mauritania. The nearest cities on our list are Dakar (408 km), Banjul (519 km), Bissau (693 km), Cape Verde (778 km), Conakry (982 km).

Time in Dakar, Time in Banjul, Time in Bissau, Time in Cape Verde, Time in Conakry.

Upcoming public holidays in Mauritania

  • Saturday, November 28, 2026: Independence Day (in 24 days)
  • Friday, January 1, 2027: New Year's Day (in 58 days)
  • Tuesday, March 9, 2027: End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) (in 125 days)
  • Saturday, May 1, 2027: Labour Day (in 178 days)
  • Sunday, May 16, 2027: Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) (in 193 days)
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Other cities on the same time

London, Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar, Ouagadougou, Lome, Accra, Conakry, Lisbon, Monrovia, Birmingham, Dublin, Marrakesh, Freetown, Porto, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol, Bissau.

Frequently asked questions

Nouakchott uses the IANA zone Africa/Nouakchott, currently UTC+00:00.

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