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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Nouakchott, Mauritania
- On balance sunshine hours in Nouakchott range between 7h 48' for each day in January & 10h 36' for every day in April.
- The longest day of the year is 13h 05' long and the shortest day is 10h 54' long.
- The longest day is 2h 10' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 3251 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 8:54 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 74.2% of daylight hours. The remaining 25.8% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 70.6° above the horizon at Nouakchott.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 7h 48' | 8h 48' | 9h 36' | 10h 36' | 10h 00' | 9h 30' | 8h 48' | 8h 30' | 8h 18' | 8h 17' | 8h 36' | 8h 00' | 8h 54' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 09' | 11h 31' | 12h 00' | 12h 31' | 12h 57' | 13h 10' | 13h 05' | 12h 42' | 12h 12' | 11h 41' | 11h 15' | 11h 03' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 71 (29) | 77 (23) | 81 (19) | 85 (15) | 78 (22) | 73 (27) | 68 (32) | 68 (32) | 69 (31) | 72 (28) | 77 (23) | 73 (27) | 74 (26) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 52 | 61.2 | 72.2 | 83.8 | 87.7 | 84.7 | 87.2 | 83.9 | 72.4 | 60.9 | 51.8 | 48.5 | 70.6 |