Mooritaniyah
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Republic of Mooritaniyah Tawset tan Mooritaniyah ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵟⴰⵏⵢⴰ Tagduda n Mouriṭanya | |
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Anthem: | |
Capital | Iḍn |
Largest | Nouakchott |
Official languages | Arabic |
Recognised national languages | Tamazight |
Spoken | French |
Demonym(s) | Mooritanian |
Climate
Mooritaniyah features a hot desert climate (BWh) with very high temperatures all over the year and arid conditions in most of the territory. During summer, diurnal temperatures easily exceed 45 °C (113 °F) when there's not even a single cloud in the sky. However, at night, temperatures can reach below 10 °C (50 °F) even in the aestival season.
Climate data for Iḍn | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 37.5 (99.5) |
39.8 (103.6) |
43.7 (110.7) |
43.9 (111.0) |
44.6 (112.3) |
44.9 (112.8) |
44.9 (112.8) |
45.2 (113.4) |
45.2 (113.4) |
44.9 (112.8) |
42.0 (107.6) |
38.7 (101.7) |
42.9 (109.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 32.5 (90.5) |
34.3 (93.7) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.2 (99.0) |
37.3 (99.1) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.9 (98.4) |
35.3 (95.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
36.0 (96.8) |
Average low °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.1 (84.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 36.3 (1.43) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
36.8 (1.45) |
73.1 (2.88) |
Average precipitation days | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |