Staubsaison – Monat für Monat rund um die Welt
Frühjahrsstaub und Sandstürme; empfindliche Lungen bleiben drinnen.
Das ist eine Warnseite, keine Empfehlung. Staubsaison betrifft auf SeasonMap 66 Reiseziele; die Monate unten sind die, in denen das Risikofenster offen ist – die meisten Wochen darin bleiben ruhig, und der Score neben jedem Ort ist weiterhin der normale Klima-Score, Risiko inklusive.
Wann es so weit ist
Staubsaison im Januar
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on an easterly several times a year, most often in late winter, dropping visibility and pushing the temperature up sharply for a day or two.92
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.91
- Dakar 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust season · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Dust off the Sahara crosses the Cap-Vert peninsula through the cool months and drops the visibility to a few kilometres for days at a time.89
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust blows across from Africa a few times each winter and spring, dropping visibility to a few hundred metres and occasionally grounding flights.89
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauretanienSand and dust season · 25. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.88
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.87
- Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.86
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The coolest and driest weeks of the year, and the dustiest: a north-easterly off the Sahara, cold enough for a jacket at dawn, and a haze that never fully lifts.86
- N’Djamena 🇹🇩 TschadHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.86
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.86
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust on the harmattan can blanket the islands for days, cutting visibility enough to divert or cancel flights into Sao Vicente and delay the Santo Antao ferry.86
- Saint-Louis 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Dust off the desert crosses the river mouth through the cool months and drops the visibility for days at a time.85
- Bamako 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan wind arrives from the north-east in late November and stays until spring: dry air, a sky that never quite clears, and red dust over everything in the unpaved quarters.84
- Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15. Nov. – 20. Feb. (meist)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.83
- Abuja 🇳🇬 NigeriaHarmattan · 1. Dez. – 20. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust reaches the middle belt properly: a flat white sky, dust on every surface, and mornings cold enough for a jacket.80
- Freetown 🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 20. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.78
- Banjul 🇬🇲 GambiaHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 1. März (meist)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.78
- Conakry 🇬🇳 GuineaHarmattan and the dry months · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.76
- Kumasi 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan · 1. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)Inland Ashanti gets the harmattan properly, not the coastal version: cold mornings, cracked skin, a red haze over the city and dust through every open window on the road to Accra.75
- Monrovia 🇱🇷 LiberiaHarmattan haze · 10. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)A weak version of the Sahelian harmattan reaches the coast for a few weeks: hazy horizons, cooler nights and dry air, which after six months of rain is a relief more than a nuisance.72
- Cape Coast 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.71
- Cotonou 🇧🇯 BeninHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a thinned-down version of the northern harmattan: a flat white sky, dry air off the Sahara and dust on everything left out on the balcony.70
- Lomé 🇹🇬 TogoHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.69
- Accra 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: hazy horizons, dry skin, and a fine dust on everything left outside.68
- Abidjan 🇨🇮 ElfenbeinküsteHarmattan haze · 10. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.68
Staubsaison im Februar
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on an easterly several times a year, most often in late winter, dropping visibility and pushing the temperature up sharply for a day or two.92
- Dakar 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust season · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Dust off the Sahara crosses the Cap-Vert peninsula through the cool months and drops the visibility to a few kilometres for days at a time.91
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.91
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust blows across from Africa a few times each winter and spring, dropping visibility to a few hundred metres and occasionally grounding flights.89
- Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.88
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.88
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust on the harmattan can blanket the islands for days, cutting visibility enough to divert or cancel flights into Sao Vicente and delay the Santo Antao ferry.88
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.88
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauretanienSand and dust season · 25. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.85
- Saint-Louis 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Dust off the desert crosses the river mouth through the cool months and drops the visibility for days at a time.83
- Freetown 🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 20. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.77
- N’Djamena 🇹🇩 TschadHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.75
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The coolest and driest weeks of the year, and the dustiest: a north-easterly off the Sahara, cold enough for a jacket at dawn, and a haze that never fully lifts.73
- Conakry 🇬🇳 GuineaHarmattan and the dry months · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.72
- Abuja 🇳🇬 NigeriaHarmattan · 1. Dez. – 20. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust reaches the middle belt properly: a flat white sky, dust on every surface, and mornings cold enough for a jacket.70
- Bamako 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan wind arrives from the north-east in late November and stays until spring: dry air, a sky that never quite clears, and red dust over everything in the unpaved quarters.69
- Banjul 🇬🇲 GambiaHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 1. März (meist)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.69
- Monrovia 🇱🇷 LiberiaHarmattan haze · 10. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)A weak version of the Sahelian harmattan reaches the coast for a few weeks: hazy horizons, cooler nights and dry air, which after six months of rain is a relief more than a nuisance.68
- Kumasi 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan · 1. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)Inland Ashanti gets the harmattan properly, not the coastal version: cold mornings, cracked skin, a red haze over the city and dust through every open window on the road to Accra.68
- Cape Coast 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.68
- Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15. Nov. – 20. Feb. (meist)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.67
- Accra 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: hazy horizons, dry skin, and a fine dust on everything left outside.66
- Lomé 🇹🇬 TogoHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.66
- Cotonou 🇧🇯 BeninHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a thinned-down version of the northern harmattan: a flat white sky, dry air off the Sahara and dust on everything left out on the balcony.66
- Abidjan 🇨🇮 ElfenbeinküsteHarmattan haze · 10. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.64
… und 1 weitere im Februar.
Staubsaison im März
- Kairo 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerly winds carry Saharan dust over the city for a day or two at a time, closing the horizon and grounding the view from the Giza plateau.95
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.95
- Totes Meer 🇯🇴 JordanienKhamsin dust winds · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerlies off the desert push dust up the rift for a few days at a time in spring, dropping the visibility across the water to nothing and coating everything left outside.94
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on an easterly several times a year, most often in late winter, dropping visibility and pushing the temperature up sharply for a day or two.93
- Alexandria 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Hot southerlies off the desert push dust over the city for a day or two at a time in spring, and the sea haze holds it in.93
- Bagdad 🇮🇶 IrakShamal dust storms · 15. März – 30. Juni (meist)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.92
- Tripolis 🇱🇾 LibyenThe ghibli · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)A hot, dust-laden southerly off the desert that can lift the temperature sharply in a few hours and leave grit on everything.92
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust blows across from Africa a few times each winter and spring, dropping visibility to a few hundred metres and occasionally grounding flights.91
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.91
- Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.90
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.90
- Merzouga 🇲🇦 MarokkoSpring sandstorms · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The wind gets up in spring and the dunes move with it: gritty air for days at a time, camps struck early and the road east regularly half-buried.89
- Petra 🇯🇴 JordanienKhamsin dust days · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerly winds pull desert dust over the escarpment for a few days at a stretch in spring, turning the rock flat brown and the light useless for photographs.88
- Riad 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienSpring dust storms · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)The wind off the interior turns the sky ochre for a day or two at a stretch, cancelling flights and putting sand through every window frame.87
- Nikosia 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSpring dust episodes · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Dust off Syria and the Sahara reaches the island several times each spring and it hangs in the Mesaoria basin longer than on the coast.86
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav dust days · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot desert winds push dust over the hills for a few days at a stretch in spring and again in autumn, turning the light brown and the view from the Mount of Olives into nothing.85
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 1. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on a southerly and turns the sky orange and the parked cars brown for a day or two at a time, most often in spring and again at the height of summer.85
- Albuquerque 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring wind and blowing dust · 1. März – 31. MaiThe windiest stretch of the year across the Rio Grande valley, with afternoon gusts that lift dust off the mesa and shut down balloon flights and small aircraft.84
- Luxor 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Spring southerlies fill the valley with sand for a day or two at a time and ground the dawn balloon flights.83
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauretanienSand and dust season · 25. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.83
- Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateShamal dust season · 1. März – 15. Juni (meist)The northwesterly shamal blows for a day or three at a time in spring and takes the skyline with it; flights hold, the sea turns brown and anyone with a chest keeps indoors.82
- Buxoro 🇺🇿 UsbekistanDust and wind season · 15. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Bukhara sits in one of the dustiest corners of Uzbekistan, and from spring into summer a strong westerly off the Kyzylkum can turn the sky over the old town brown for a day or so.82
- Hotan 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaSpring dust season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.82
- Damaskus 🇸🇾 SyrienKhamsin dust winds · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The spring southerly arrives with a jump in temperature and a sky the colour of weak tea, usually two or three days at a time before it clears.82
- Assuan 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerly winds pick up desert sand for a day or two at a time and the far bank of the Nile disappears behind it.82
… und 14 weitere im März.
Staubsaison im April
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav dust days · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot desert winds push dust over the hills for a few days at a stretch in spring and again in autumn, turning the light brown and the view from the Mount of Olives into nothing.96
- Petra 🇯🇴 JordanienKhamsin dust days · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerly winds pull desert dust over the escarpment for a few days at a stretch in spring, turning the rock flat brown and the light useless for photographs.96
- Tripolis 🇱🇾 LibyenThe ghibli · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)A hot, dust-laden southerly off the desert that can lift the temperature sharply in a few hours and leave grit on everything.96
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.96
- Alexandria 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Hot southerlies off the desert push dust over the city for a day or two at a time in spring, and the sea haze holds it in.96
- Buxoro 🇺🇿 UsbekistanDust and wind season · 15. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Bukhara sits in one of the dustiest corners of Uzbekistan, and from spring into summer a strong westerly off the Kyzylkum can turn the sky over the old town brown for a day or so.95
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav heat spikes · 1. Apr. – 5. Juni (meist)A desert wind pushes in for two or three days at a time in spring, taking the humidity down and the temperature up, sometimes with dust off Sinai.94
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 1. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on a southerly and turns the sky orange and the parked cars brown for a day or two at a time, most often in spring and again at the height of summer.94
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on an easterly several times a year, most often in late winter, dropping visibility and pushing the temperature up sharply for a day or two.94
- Hotan 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaSpring dust season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.93
- Kaschgar 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaFloating dust season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Spring lifts the Taklamakan off the desert floor and parks it over the oasis.93
- Nikosia 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSpring dust episodes · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Dust off Syria and the Sahara reaches the island several times each spring and it hangs in the Mesaoria basin longer than on the coast.93
- Damaskus 🇸🇾 SyrienKhamsin dust winds · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The spring southerly arrives with a jump in temperature and a sky the colour of weak tea, usually two or three days at a time before it clears.92
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Saharan dust blows across from Africa a few times each winter and spring, dropping visibility to a few hundred metres and occasionally grounding flights.92
- Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaSandstorm season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Dust off the Mongolian plateau reaches the city several times each spring, turning the sky yellow and pushing the air readings off the usual scale for a day or two.91
- Erbil 🇮🇶 IrakDust season · 1. Apr. – 30. Juni (meist)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.91
- Albuquerque 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring wind and blowing dust · 1. März – 31. MaiThe windiest stretch of the year across the Rio Grande valley, with afternoon gusts that lift dust off the mesa and shut down balloon flights and small aircraft.90
- Totes Meer 🇯🇴 JordanienKhamsin dust winds · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerlies off the desert push dust up the rift for a few days at a time in spring, dropping the visibility across the water to nothing and coating everything left outside.88
- Kairo 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerly winds carry Saharan dust over the city for a day or two at a time, closing the horizon and grounding the view from the Giza plateau.86
- Seoul 🇰🇷 SüdkoreaFine dust season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Spring brings the worst air of the year, part local, part dust and pollution blown in from the west.85
- Bagdad 🇮🇶 IrakShamal dust storms · 15. März – 30. Juni (meist)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.84
- Fukuoka 🇯🇵 JapanYellow sand season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars.81
- Incheon 🇰🇷 SüdkoreaFine dust season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Incheon is the first thing the spring westerlies hit, so it reads worse than Seoul on the bad days.81
- Merzouga 🇲🇦 MarokkoSpring sandstorms · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The wind gets up in spring and the dunes move with it: gritty air for days at a time, camps struck early and the road east regularly half-buried.80
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauretanienSand and dust season · 25. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.79
… und 11 weitere im April.
Staubsaison im Mai
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 1. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on a southerly and turns the sky orange and the parked cars brown for a day or two at a time, most often in spring and again at the height of summer.95
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav dust days · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot desert winds push dust over the hills for a few days at a stretch in spring and again in autumn, turning the light brown and the view from the Mount of Olives into nothing.91
- Petra 🇯🇴 JordanienKhamsin dust days · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerly winds pull desert dust over the escarpment for a few days at a stretch in spring, turning the rock flat brown and the light useless for photographs.91
- Tripolis 🇱🇾 LibyenThe ghibli · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)A hot, dust-laden southerly off the desert that can lift the temperature sharply in a few hours and leave grit on everything.91
- Seoul 🇰🇷 SüdkoreaFine dust season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Spring brings the worst air of the year, part local, part dust and pollution blown in from the west.90
- Ürümqi 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaSpring dust · 15. März – 15. Mai (meist)Spring lifts the basin's dust into the wind gap the city sits in.90
- Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaSandstorm season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Dust off the Mongolian plateau reaches the city several times each spring, turning the sky yellow and pushing the air readings off the usual scale for a day or two.88
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav heat spikes · 1. Apr. – 5. Juni (meist)A desert wind pushes in for two or three days at a time in spring, taking the humidity down and the temperature up, sometimes with dust off Sinai.88
- Damaskus 🇸🇾 SyrienKhamsin dust winds · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The spring southerly arrives with a jump in temperature and a sky the colour of weak tea, usually two or three days at a time before it clears.88
- Alexandria 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Hot southerlies off the desert push dust over the city for a day or two at a time in spring, and the sea haze holds it in.88
- Incheon 🇰🇷 SüdkoreaFine dust season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Incheon is the first thing the spring westerlies hit, so it reads worse than Seoul on the bad days.88
- Albuquerque 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring wind and blowing dust · 1. März – 31. MaiThe windiest stretch of the year across the Rio Grande valley, with afternoon gusts that lift dust off the mesa and shut down balloon flights and small aircraft.87
- Kaschgar 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaFloating dust season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Spring lifts the Taklamakan off the desert floor and parks it over the oasis.87
- Nikosia 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSpring dust episodes · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Dust off Syria and the Sahara reaches the island several times each spring and it hangs in the Mesaoria basin longer than on the coast.87
- Buxoro 🇺🇿 UsbekistanDust and wind season · 15. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Bukhara sits in one of the dustiest corners of Uzbekistan, and from spring into summer a strong westerly off the Kyzylkum can turn the sky over the old town brown for a day or so.85
- Hotan 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaSpring dust season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.85
- Fukuoka 🇯🇵 JapanYellow sand season · 1. März – 15. Mai (meist)Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars.82
- Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 MongoleiSpring dust storms · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Gobi dust rides the spring wind up over the city several times a season, turning the sky orange and grounding domestic flights.81
- Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.81
- Erbil 🇮🇶 IrakDust season · 1. Apr. – 30. Juni (meist)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.81
- Totes Meer 🇯🇴 JordanienKhamsin dust winds · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerlies off the desert push dust up the rift for a few days at a time in spring, dropping the visibility across the water to nothing and coating everything left outside.78
- Kairo 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKhamaseen dust winds · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Hot southerly winds carry Saharan dust over the city for a day or two at a time, closing the horizon and grounding the view from the Giza plateau.77
- Petrified-Forest-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring wind and dust · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)March to May is the windy season on the Colorado Plateau, and there is nothing between the badlands and the horizon to slow it down.77
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanSakurajima ashfall · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city.72
- Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima on the snow · 15. Feb. – 15. Juni (meist)Saharan dust blows north over Andalusia most often in spring, turning the sky orange and leaving the pistes pink.69
… und 9 weitere im Mai.
Staubsaison im Juni
- Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.91
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgerienSirocco and Saharan dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A few times a summer the wind swings round off the desert and the city goes hot, hazy and gritty for two or three days at a stretch.88
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 1. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on a southerly and turns the sky orange and the parked cars brown for a day or two at a time, most often in spring and again at the height of summer.88
- Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.82
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav heat spikes · 1. Apr. – 5. Juni (meist)A desert wind pushes in for two or three days at a time in spring, taking the humidity down and the temperature up, sometimes with dust off Sinai.80
- Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima on the snow · 15. Feb. – 15. Juni (meist)Saharan dust blows north over Andalusia most often in spring, turning the sky orange and leaving the pistes pink.79
- Marrakesch 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe chergui · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.74
- Buxoro 🇺🇿 UsbekistanDust and wind season · 15. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Bukhara sits in one of the dustiest corners of Uzbekistan, and from spring into summer a strong westerly off the Kyzylkum can turn the sky over the old town brown for a day or so.61
- Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienDust and sandstorm season · 1. März – 31. Juli (meist)Spring winds carry interior dust out over the Red Sea coast, whiting out the sky for a day or two at a time and holding flights on the worst of them.59
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanSakurajima ashfall · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city.49
- Erbil 🇮🇶 IrakDust season · 1. Apr. – 30. Juni (meist)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.46
- Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateShamal dust season · 1. März – 15. Juni (meist)The northwesterly shamal blows for a day or three at a time in spring and takes the skyline with it; flights hold, the sea turns brown and anyone with a chest keeps indoors.44
- Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.43
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenMonsoon dust storms · 15. Juni – 30. Sep.Outflow from collapsing thunderstorms pushes a wall of dust across the valley a few times a summer, dropping visibility to nothing on the freeways within minutes.42
- Delhi 🇮🇳 IndienThe loo and dust storms · 15. Apr. – 20. Juni (meist)A hot dry wind off the western desert that carries dust across the plain and can push visibility down for a day.33
- Bagdad 🇮🇶 IrakShamal dust storms · 15. März – 30. Juni (meist)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.30
- Doha 🇶🇦 KatarSummer shamal dust · 15. Mai – 15. Aug. (meist)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.29
- Kuwait 🇰🇼 KuwaitSummer shamal dust · 1. Juni – 31. Juli (meist)The northwesterly picks up desert sand and the sky goes orange for days at a stretch; flights are delayed and the air is unbreathable for anyone with a chest.28
Staubsaison im Juli
- Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.86
- Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.83
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 1. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on a southerly and turns the sky orange and the parked cars brown for a day or two at a time, most often in spring and again at the height of summer.81
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgerienSirocco and Saharan dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A few times a summer the wind swings round off the desert and the city goes hot, hazy and gritty for two or three days at a stretch.79
- Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienDust and sandstorm season · 1. März – 31. Juli (meist)Spring winds carry interior dust out over the Red Sea coast, whiting out the sky for a day or two at a time and holding flights on the worst of them.52
- Buxoro 🇺🇿 UsbekistanDust and wind season · 15. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Bukhara sits in one of the dustiest corners of Uzbekistan, and from spring into summer a strong westerly off the Kyzylkum can turn the sky over the old town brown for a day or so.50
- Marrakesch 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe chergui · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.49
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanSakurajima ashfall · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city.45
- Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.34
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenMonsoon dust storms · 15. Juni – 30. Sep.Outflow from collapsing thunderstorms pushes a wall of dust across the valley a few times a summer, dropping visibility to nothing on the freeways within minutes.31
- Phoenix 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHaboobs · 1. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.29
- Kuwait 🇰🇼 KuwaitSummer shamal dust · 1. Juni – 31. Juli (meist)The northwesterly picks up desert sand and the sky goes orange for days at a stretch; flights are delayed and the air is unbreathable for anyone with a chest.25
- Doha 🇶🇦 KatarSummer shamal dust · 15. Mai – 15. Aug. (meist)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.24
Staubsaison im August
- Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.84
- Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.82
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 1. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Saharan dust rides in on a southerly and turns the sky orange and the parked cars brown for a day or two at a time, most often in spring and again at the height of summer.79
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgerienSirocco and Saharan dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A few times a summer the wind swings round off the desert and the city goes hot, hazy and gritty for two or three days at a stretch.78
- Buxoro 🇺🇿 UsbekistanDust and wind season · 15. März – 31. Aug. (meist)Bukhara sits in one of the dustiest corners of Uzbekistan, and from spring into summer a strong westerly off the Kyzylkum can turn the sky over the old town brown for a day or so.72
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanSakurajima ashfall · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city.52
- Marrakesch 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe chergui · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.46
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenMonsoon dust storms · 15. Juni – 30. Sep.Outflow from collapsing thunderstorms pushes a wall of dust across the valley a few times a summer, dropping visibility to nothing on the freeways within minutes.37
- Phoenix 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHaboobs · 1. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.34
- Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.31
- Doha 🇶🇦 KatarSummer shamal dust · 15. Mai – 15. Aug. (meist)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.27
Staubsaison im September
- Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.84
- Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienCalima dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.84
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgerienSirocco and Saharan dust · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A few times a summer the wind swings round off the desert and the city goes hot, hazy and gritty for two or three days at a stretch.83
- Marrakesch 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe chergui · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.75
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanSakurajima ashfall · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city.55
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenMonsoon dust storms · 15. Juni – 30. Sep.Outflow from collapsing thunderstorms pushes a wall of dust across the valley a few times a summer, dropping visibility to nothing on the freeways within minutes.52
- Phoenix 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHaboobs · 1. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.49
- Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.46
Staubsaison im November
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauretanienSand and dust season · 25. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.80
- Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.77
- Bamako 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan wind arrives from the north-east in late November and stays until spring: dry air, a sky that never quite clears, and red dust over everything in the unpaved quarters.71
- Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15. Nov. – 20. Feb. (meist)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.68
- N’Djamena 🇹🇩 TschadHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.64
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The coolest and driest weeks of the year, and the dustiest: a north-easterly off the Sahara, cold enough for a jacket at dawn, and a haze that never fully lifts.60
Staubsaison im Dezember
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The coolest and driest weeks of the year, and the dustiest: a north-easterly off the Sahara, cold enough for a jacket at dawn, and a haze that never fully lifts.84
- N’Djamena 🇹🇩 TschadHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.84
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauretanienSand and dust season · 25. Nov. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.84
- Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.83
- Bamako 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25. Nov. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan wind arrives from the north-east in late November and stays until spring: dry air, a sky that never quite clears, and red dust over everything in the unpaved quarters.83
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.83
- Dakar 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust season · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Dust off the Sahara crosses the Cap-Vert peninsula through the cool months and drops the visibility to a few kilometres for days at a time.82
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.82
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust on the harmattan can blanket the islands for days, cutting visibility enough to divert or cancel flights into Sao Vicente and delay the Santo Antao ferry.82
- Abuja 🇳🇬 NigeriaHarmattan · 1. Dez. – 20. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust reaches the middle belt properly: a flat white sky, dust on every surface, and mornings cold enough for a jacket.81
- Banjul 🇬🇲 GambiaHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 1. März (meist)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.80
- Saint-Louis 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)Dust off the desert crosses the river mouth through the cool months and drops the visibility for days at a time.80
- Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15. Nov. – 20. Feb. (meist)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.78
- Kumasi 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan · 1. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)Inland Ashanti gets the harmattan properly, not the coastal version: cold mornings, cracked skin, a red haze over the city and dust through every open window on the road to Accra.75
- Conakry 🇬🇳 GuineaHarmattan and the dry months · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.74
- Freetown 🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 20. Feb. (meist)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.74
- Monrovia 🇱🇷 LiberiaHarmattan haze · 10. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)A weak version of the Sahelian harmattan reaches the coast for a few weeks: hazy horizons, cooler nights and dry air, which after six months of rain is a relief more than a nuisance.70
- Cape Coast 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 1. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.70
- Cotonou 🇧🇯 BeninHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a thinned-down version of the northern harmattan: a flat white sky, dry air off the Sahara and dust on everything left out on the balcony.69
- Accra 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 10. Feb. (meist)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: hazy horizons, dry skin, and a fine dust on everything left outside.68
- Lomé 🇹🇬 TogoHarmattan haze · 5. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.68
- Abidjan 🇨🇮 ElfenbeinküsteHarmattan haze · 10. Dez. – 15. Feb. (meist)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.66