Weather in Sahara Desert

Quick answer: Sahara Desert sits at 23.4° N and gets about 12 h 23 min of daylight today, with the sun 71° up at solar noon. The panel above scores each upcoming day 0–100 and returns a direct go, wait or skip verdict.

Conditions on this page are recalculated from the latest forecast every time it is opened, for the current date in the location's own time zone.

One page for Sahara Desert, North Africa: today's 0–100 Weather Score with the factors behind it, the hour-by-hour rain outlook, every day of the coming week ranked and colour-coded, and sunrise, sunset and golden hour computed for Sahara Desert's own coordinates and timezone. Forecast values load live from Open-Meteo when the page opens; nothing below is a stored or generated climate figure.

Today's baseline conditions in Sahara Desert

Any weather decision in Sahara Desert starts from the light budget. In September the location gets about 12 h 23 min of daylight, with the sun peaking 71° above the horizon — that sets how warm afternoons run, how long outdoor plans stay viable and how much usable photographic light the day contains. The scores above layer the live Open-Meteo forecast on top of that baseline.

Latitude
23.42° N (northern hemisphere)
Daylight today
12 h 23 min
Sun elevation at solar noon
71°

Daylight through the year in Sahara Desert

Daylight, midday sun angle and golden-hour length below are calculated for Sahara Desert's own coordinates (23.42° N, 25.66° E) on the 15th of each month. These are solar geometry, not climate averages.

Month Daylight Sun at solar noon Golden hour
January 10 h 48 min 45° 48 min
February 11 h 18 min 53° 45 min
March 12 h 0 min 64° 44 min
April 12 h 42 min 76° 44 min
May 13 h 18 min 85° 46 min
June 13 h 36 min 90° 48 min
July 13 h 24 min 88° 47 min
August 12 h 54 min 80° 45 min
September 12 h 12 min 69° 44 min
October 11 h 36 min 57° 44 min
November 11 h 0 min 47° 47 min
December 10 h 42 min 43° 49 min

Scores are capped by dealbreakers — heavy rain, dangerous wind, thick fog or hazardous UV pull a day down no matter how pleasant the rest of the numbers look. Forecast data is Open-Meteo; solar and lunar values are computed for Sahara Desert's own coordinates and time zone. Full details on the methodology page.

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