Atar weather in February

In February, Atar sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 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 27°C in the first days to 29°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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Atar's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:28 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 7th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Atar is city in Mauritania.

Density: 155/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 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical February day in Atar reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 32°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17

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

How February really feels in Atar

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.

Atar 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	26° / 14°	3	0.4	10.9	8.8
Feb	28° / 16°	2	0.4	11.3	7.9
Mar	31° / 18°	2	0.4	11.9	5.8
Apr	35° / 21°	1	0.2	12.5	3.7
May	38° / 25°	1	0.1	13	1.7
Jun	40° / 27°	1	0.6	13.2	0.2
Jul	40° / 28°	3	1.1	13.1	0.0
Aug	40° / 28°	14	4	12.7	0.3
Sep	39° / 28°	15	3.8	12.1	0.9
Oct	36° / 24°	8	1.1	11.5	2.7
Nov	31° / 19°	3	0.6	11	5.8
Dec	27° / 15°	5	0.6	10.8	8.3

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 9% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. 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 (%)	74	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	74	76	77	77	79	80	80	81	81	83	83	83	84
Cloudier (%)	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	24	23	23	21	20	20	19	19	17	17	17	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Atar gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 (%)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 17 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:33 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:52 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	11.1	11.1	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	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:33	6:38
2	11.1	7:33	6:39
3	11.1	7:33	6:39
4	11.1	7:32	6:40
5	11.1	7:32	6:40
6	11.2	7:32	6:41
7	11.2	7:31	6:42
8	11.2	7:31	6:42
9	11.2	7:31	6:43
10	11.2	7:30	6:43
11	11.2	7:30	6:44
12	11.3	7:29	6:44
13	11.3	7:29	6:45
14	11.3	7:28	6:45
15	11.3	7:28	6:46
16	11.3	7:27	6:46
17	11.3	7:27	6:47
18	11.4	7:26	6:47
19	11.4	7:25	6:48
20	11.4	7:25	6:48
21	11.4	7:24	6:49
22	11.4	7:24	6:49
23	11.4	7:23	6:50
24	11.5	7:22	6:50
25	11.5	7:22	6:51
26	11.5	7:21	6:51
27	11.5	7:20	6:51
28	11.5	7:19	6:52

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 4.71 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	Bright	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	Bright
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 Atar

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Atar?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Atar for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Atar in February

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

In February, Atar sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Atar 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 Atar peaks around March 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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	9	10	10	9	7	6
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

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

Air quality in Atar 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 Atar is worst in January — around 117 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (April, 60 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)	117	102	80	60	62	89	114	94	77	69	64	112
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	117	Unhealthy
Feb	102	Unhealthy
Mar	80	Unhealthy
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	62	Unhealthy
Jun	89	Unhealthy
Jul	114	Unhealthy
Aug	94	Unhealthy
Sep	77	Unhealthy
Oct	69	Unhealthy
Nov	64	Unhealthy
Dec	112	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Atar?

Atar sits at 20.5°N, 13.0°W, 192 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Akjoujt, 164 km away.

Topography around Atar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 229 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 603 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Atar is covered by bare terrain (96%) within 3 km, bare terrain (100%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

26 m

bare terrain 96%

16 km

603 m

bare terrain 100%

80 km

691 m

bare terrain 100%

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

February weather nearby: Akjoujt 164 km · Zouérat 254 km · Magṭa‘ Laḥjar 335 km · Boutilimitt 373 km · Aleg 396 km · Guerou 397 km · Dar Naim 404 km · Ksar 407 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 Atar (20.5188°, -13.0464°, elevation 192 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	27	15
2	27	15
3	27	15
4	27	15
5	27	15
6	27	15
7	27	15
8	27	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	16
12	28	16
13	28	16
14	28	16
15	28	16
16	28	16
17	28	16
18	28	16
19	28	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	17
27	29	17
28	29	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100