Akjoujt weather in February

In February, Akjoujt sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Akjoujt's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akjoujt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:32 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 7th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Akjoujt is commune of Mauritania.

Density: 1/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical February day in Akjoujt reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	17
11	30	17
12	30	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	31	17
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18

How February really feels in Akjoujt

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Akjoujt weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 15°	2	0.3	10.9	7.9
Feb	30° / 17°	1	0.3	11.3	6.4
Mar	33° / 19°	1	0.2	11.9	4.7
Apr	36° / 22°	0	0	12.4	2.9
May	39° / 25°	0	0.2	12.9	1.0
Jun	41° / 28°	1	0.2	13.2	0.0
Jul	40° / 27°	1	0.3	13.1	0.0
Aug	40° / 28°	10	2.5	12.7	0.2
Sep	40° / 28°	13	3.1	12.1	0.3
Oct	37° / 26°	7	0.8	11.5	1.7
Nov	33° / 21°	2	0.3	11.1	4.5
Dec	29° / 17°	3	0.5	10.8	6.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	73	73	74	76	76	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	82	83
Cloudier (%)	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	27	27	26	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Akjoujt gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2

Wind in February

Winds average 20 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	20	light breeze
2	20	light breeze
3	20	light breeze
4	20	light breeze
5	20	light breeze
6	20	light breeze
7	20	light breeze
8	20	light breeze
9	20	light breeze
10	20	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:38 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:24
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:38	6:45
2	11.1	7:37	6:45
3	11.1	7:37	6:46
4	11.2	7:37	6:46
5	11.2	7:36	6:47
6	11.2	7:36	6:47
7	11.2	7:36	6:48
8	11.2	7:35	6:48
9	11.2	7:35	6:49
10	11.2	7:35	6:50
11	11.3	7:34	6:50
12	11.3	7:34	6:51
13	11.3	7:33	6:51
14	11.3	7:33	6:52
15	11.3	7:32	6:52
16	11.3	7:32	6:53
17	11.4	7:31	6:53
18	11.4	7:31	6:53
19	11.4	7:30	6:54
20	11.4	7:29	6:54
21	11.4	7:29	6:55
22	11.5	7:28	6:55
23	11.5	7:28	6:56
24	11.5	7:27	6:56
25	11.5	7:26	6:57
26	11.5	7:26	6:57
27	11.5	7:25	6:57
28	11.6	7:24	6:58

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 5.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Akjoujt

In seasonPeak

In February, Akjoujt sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Akjoujt sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Akjoujt?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Akjoujt for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Akjoujt in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Akjoujt sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Akjoujt in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akjoujt peaks around May 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	7	10	11	10	11	11	8	10	10	9	7	6
Level	High	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	High
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Akjoujt in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Akjoujt is worst in July — around 140 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 76 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	137	125	102	93	104	127	140	107	92	84	76	128
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	137	Unhealthy
Feb	125	Unhealthy
Mar	102	Unhealthy
Apr	93	Unhealthy
May	104	Unhealthy
Jun	127	Unhealthy
Jul	140	Unhealthy
Aug	107	Unhealthy
Sep	92	Unhealthy
Oct	84	Unhealthy
Nov	76	Unhealthy
Dec	128	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Akjoujt?

Akjoujt sits at 19.7°N, 14.4°W, 137 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Atar, 164 km away.

Topography around Akjoujt

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Akjoujt.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akjoujt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m.

The land around Akjoujt is covered by bare terrain (98%) within 3 km, bare terrain (100%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

48 m

bare terrain 98%

16 km

368 m

bare terrain 100%

80 km

416 m

bare terrain 100%

shrubsbare terrain

← January Akjoujt year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Atar 164 km · Dar Naim 243 km · Ksar 246 km · Boutilimitt 246 km · Tevragh Zeina 249 km · Nouakchott 249 km · Magṭa‘ Laḥjar 283 km · Aleg 303 km

Mauritania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,198; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 1; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 25.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Akjoujt (19.7416°, -14.3853°, elevation 137 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	17
11	30	17
12	30	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	31	17
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	17
11	30	17
12	30	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	31	17
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	17
11	30	17
12	30	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	31	17
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	18
27	31	18
28	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2