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Satellite view of Plage du Goliath; 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.

Beach

Plage du Goliath

MauritaniaDakhlet Nouadhibou · Mauritania · Atlantic Ocean

20.6000, -16.4333 · La Güera, 73 km

  • 25°Sea · September
  • 37°High · June
  • 11.6 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Plage du Goliath. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage du Goliath in October

  • 34°CAir, daytime high22°C at night
  • 24°CSea temperature
  • 9.2 hSunshine a day
  • 1 dayRainy days in the month10 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 72 kmAirport: Nouadhibou International Airport (NDB)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 24.9 °C — 1.2 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 34.4 °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 September25 °C
Most sunshineApril and May12 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and June0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°9 h1 mm
  2. Feb19°10 h1 mm
  3. Mar19°11 h3 mm
  4. Apr20°11 h0 mm
  5. May20°12 h0 mm
  6. Jun21°11 h0 mm
  7. Jul23°10 h3 mm
  8. Aug25°10 h10 mm
  9. Sep25°9 h11 mm
  10. Oct24°9 h10 mm
  11. Nov22°9 h2 mm
  12. Dec19°8 h1 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°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 19°Mar: 19°Apr: 20°May: 20°Jun: 21°Jul: 23°Aug: 25°Sep: 25°Oct: 24°Nov: 22°Dec: 19°25°18°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19 °C (High 25° / Low 13°)Feb: 20 °C (High 27° / Low 14°)Mar: 23 °C (High 30° / Low 16°)Apr: 24 °C (High 31° / Low 17°)May: 26 °C (High 34° / Low 19°)Jun: 29 °C (High 37° / Low 22°)Jul: 29 °C (High 36° / Low 22°)Aug: 30 °C (High 36° / Low 24°)Sep: 31 °C (High 37° / Low 25°)Oct: 28 °C (High 34° / Low 22°)Nov: 24 °C (High 30° / Low 18°)Dec: 20 °C (High 26° / Low 15°)31°19°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm5 mm10 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1 mmFeb: 1 mmMar: 3 mmApr: 0 mmMay: 0 mmJun: 0 mm0Jul: 3 mmAug: 10 mmSep: 11 mm11Oct: 10 mmNov: 2 mmDec: 1 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.0 hFeb: 9.6 hMar: 10.7 hApr: 11.2 hMay: 11.6 h11.6Jun: 11.1 hJul: 10.5 hAug: 10.0 hSep: 9.3 hOct: 9.2 hNov: 9.0 hDec: 8.4 h8.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Plage du Goliath: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plage du Goliath: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January251318109.020
February271419109.620
March3016193010.720
April3117200011.222
May3419200011.624
June3722210011.123
July3622233110.520
August36242510310.018
Septemberwarmest sea3725251139.318
October3422241019.219
November301822209.018
December261519108.418

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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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 20 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER22 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202020 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.122 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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