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CityCompass
Best time to be here: December to February. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days 30 °C, nights 13 °C
280 h sunshine · 11.1 h daylight
1 mm rain · 20% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 16 °C
263 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
1 mm rain · 17% humidity
Days 38 °C, nights 20 °C
318 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
1 mm rain · 14% humidity
Days 41 °C, nights 24 °C
318 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
0 mm rain · 14% humidity
Days 43 °C, nights 27 °C
326 h sunshine · 12.8 h daylight
4 mm rain · 17% humidity
Days 42 °C, nights 28 °C
Feels like 45 °C in the afternoons
297 h sunshine · 13.0 h daylight
24 mm rain · 27% humidity
Days 38 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 47 °C in the afternoons
291 h sunshine · 12.9 h daylight
90 mm rain · 50% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 47 °C in the afternoons
273 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
142 mm rain · 64% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 48 °C in the afternoons
266 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
90 mm rain · 63% humidity
Days 37 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 42 °C in the afternoons
287 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
17 mm rain · 45% humidity
Days 34 °C, nights 19 °C
273 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
1 mm rain · 30% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 15 °C
274 h sunshine · 11.0 h daylight
0 mm rain · 24% humidity
Living in Kiffa means living under Mauritania's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Mauritania actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Basic Incentive Regime - Intermediate Category (Régime d Incitation de Base - Intermédiaire), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: December to February. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 30 °C, nights 13 °C
280 h sunshine · 11.1 h daylight
1 mm rain · 20% humidity
Days 33 °C, nights 16 °C
263 h sunshine · 11.5 h daylight
1 mm rain · 17% humidity
Days 38 °C, nights 20 °C
318 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
1 mm rain · 14% humidity
Days 41 °C, nights 24 °C
318 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
0 mm rain · 14% humidity
Days 43 °C, nights 27 °C
326 h sunshine · 12.8 h daylight
4 mm rain · 17% humidity
Days 42 °C, nights 28 °C
Feels like 45 °C in the afternoons
297 h sunshine · 13.0 h daylight
24 mm rain · 27% humidity
Days 38 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 47 °C in the afternoons
291 h sunshine · 12.9 h daylight
90 mm rain · 50% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 47 °C in the afternoons
273 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
142 mm rain · 64% humidity
Days 35 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 48 °C in the afternoons
266 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
90 mm rain · 63% humidity
Days 37 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 42 °C in the afternoons
287 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
17 mm rain · 45% humidity
Days 34 °C, nights 19 °C
273 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
1 mm rain · 30% humidity
Days 31 °C, nights 15 °C
274 h sunshine · 11.0 h daylight
0 mm rain · 24% humidity
Living in Kiffa means living under Mauritania's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Mauritania actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Basic Incentive Regime - Intermediate Category (Régime d Incitation de Base - Intermédiaire), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)