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Satellite view of Cabo Blanco; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cape

Cabo Blanco

MauritaniaDakhlet Nouadhibou · Mauritania · Atlantic Ocean

20.7700, -17.0502 · La Güera, 8 km

  • 23°Sea · September
  • 32°High · September
  • 11.9 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Cabo Blanco. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cabo Blanco in October

  • 30°CAir, daytime high20°C at night
  • 21°CSea temperature
  • 9.4 hSunshine a day
  • 1 dayRainy days in the month16 mm in total
  • 22 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 20.8 °C — 0.4 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.7 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September23 °C
Most sunshineMay and June12 h of sun a day
Least rainMay and June0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°9 h2 mm
  2. Feb18°10 h1 mm
  3. Mar18°11 h1 mm
  4. Apr18°11 h1 mm
  5. May18°12 h1 mm
  6. Jun19°12 h0 mm
  7. Jul21°11 h1 mm
  8. Aug23°10 h5 mm
  9. Sep23°10 h8 mm
  10. Oct21°9 h16 mm
  11. Nov20°9 h3 mm
  12. Dec19°8 h2 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 18°Mar: 18°Apr: 18°May: 18°Jun: 19°Jul: 21°Aug: 23°Sep: 23°Oct: 21°Nov: 20°Dec: 19°23°18°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 14°)Feb: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 14°)Mar: 20 °C (High 26° / Low 15°)Apr: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 16°)May: 22 °C (High 27° / Low 17°)Jun: 23 °C (High 29° / Low 18°)Jul: 24 °C (High 29° / Low 20°)Aug: 26 °C (High 31° / Low 21°)Sep: 27 °C (High 32° / Low 22°)Oct: 25 °C (High 30° / Low 20°)Nov: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 17°)Dec: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)27°18°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm5 mm10 mm15 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 mmFeb: 1 mmMar: 1 mmApr: 1 mmMay: 1 mmJun: 0 mm0Jul: 1 mmAug: 5 mmSep: 8 mmOct: 16 mm16Nov: 3 mmDec: 2 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.1 hFeb: 9.9 hMar: 10.9 hApr: 11.4 hMay: 11.9 h11.9Jun: 11.5 hJul: 10.8 hAug: 10.2 hSep: 9.5 hOct: 9.4 hNov: 9.1 hDec: 8.5 h8.5

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Cabo Blanco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Cabo Blanco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January231418209.120
February241418109.922
March2615181010.922
April2616181011.425
May2717181011.927
June2918190011.528
July2920211010.824
August3121235110.222
Septemberwarmest sea322223829.522
October3020211619.422
November261720309.119
December241519218.519

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Cabo Blanco: Layered Sedimentary Rock Nouadhibou Mauritania
Photo: Patrick Fournier http://www.geodiversite.net/auteur185 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER31 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202014 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.131 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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