Kiffa
City in Mauritania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kiffa mauritania: Toksave, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kiffa is a city in Mauritania, in Assaba. About 62,051 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Mauritania in our atlas.
It lies at 16.62° N, 11.40° W, about 127 m (417 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Nouakchott time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kiffa. Green dots: other major cities of Mauritania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kiffa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 43°C (109°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (56°F). Around 371 mm (15 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in MauritaniaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2378538 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q492778 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kiffa mauritania: Toksave, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)