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Gouraye | |
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Commune and town | |
| Country |  Mauritania |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (GMT) |
Gouraye is a town and commune in Mauritania, located in the Guidimaka Region. [1]
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Gouraye | |
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Commune and town | |
| Country | Mauritania |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (GMT) |
Gouraye is a town and commune in Mauritania, located in the Guidimaka Region. [1]
In Gouraye, there is a Semi-arid climate with little rainfall. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BSh. The average annual temperature in Gouraye is 28.6 °C (83.5 °F). About 518 mm (20.39 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Gouraye | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.9 (93.0) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 40.5 (104.9) | 40.7 (105.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 32.1 (89.8) | 33.0 (91.4) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 36.0 (96.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.2 (77.4) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 21.3 (70.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.2) | 52 (2.0) | 124 (4.9) | 176 (6.9) | 126 (5.0) | 31 (1.2) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 518 (20.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data | |||||||||||||
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