Sezon pyłu, miesiąc po miesiącu na całym świecie
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Kiedy trwa
Sezon pyłu — styczeń
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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
- Nawakszut 🇲🇷 MauretaniaSand and dust season · 25 lis – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.88
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.87
- Praia 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 15 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.86
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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
- Ndżamena 🇹🇩 CzadHarmattan · 25 lis – 10 mar (zwykle)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.86
- Sal 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.86
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 1 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)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
- Wagadugu 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15 lis – 20 lut (zwykle)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.83
- Abudża 🇳🇬 NigeriaHarmattan · 1 gru – 20 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 20 lut (zwykle)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.78
- Bandżul 🇬🇲 GambiaHarmattan haze · 1 gru – 1 mar (zwykle)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.78
- Konakry 🇬🇳 GwineaHarmattan and the dry months · 1 gru – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.76
- Kumasi 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan · 1 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.71
- Kotonu 🇧🇯 BeninHarmattan haze · 5 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.69
- Akra 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 5 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: hazy horizons, dry skin, and a fine dust on everything left outside.68
- Abidżan 🇨🇮 Wybrzeże Kości SłoniowejHarmattan haze · 10 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.68
Sezon pyłu — luty
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.91
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 15 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.88
- Sal 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.88
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 1 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.88
- Nawakszut 🇲🇷 MauretaniaSand and dust season · 25 lis – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 20 lut (zwykle)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.77
- Ndżamena 🇹🇩 CzadHarmattan · 25 lis – 10 mar (zwykle)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.75
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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
- Konakry 🇬🇳 GwineaHarmattan and the dry months · 1 gru – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.72
- Abudża 🇳🇬 NigeriaHarmattan · 1 gru – 20 lut (zwykle)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 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)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
- Bandżul 🇬🇲 GambiaHarmattan haze · 1 gru – 1 mar (zwykle)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.69
- Monrovia 🇱🇷 LiberiaHarmattan haze · 10 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.68
- Wagadugu 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15 lis – 20 lut (zwykle)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.67
- Akra 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 5 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.66
- Kotonu 🇧🇯 BeninHarmattan haze · 5 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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
- Abidżan 🇨🇮 Wybrzeże Kości SłoniowejHarmattan haze · 10 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.64
…i jeszcze 1 w tym miesiącu (luty).
Sezon pyłu — marzec
- Kair 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.95
- Morze Martwe 🇯🇴 JordaniaKhamsin dust winds · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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
- Aleksandria 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)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 mar – 30 cze (zwykle)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.92
- Trypolis 🇱🇾 LibiaThe ghibli · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.91
- Praia 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 15 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.90
- Sal 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.90
- Merzouga 🇲🇦 MarokoSpring sandstorms · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇯🇴 JordaniaKhamsin dust days · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Rijad 🇸🇦 Arabia SaudyjskaSpring dust storms · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Nikozja 🇨🇾 CyprSpring dust episodes · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Jerozolima 🇮🇱 IzraelSharav dust days · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Malaga 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 1 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring wind and blowing dust · 1 mar – 31 majThe 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
- Luksor 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)Spring southerlies fill the valley with sand for a day or two at a time and ground the dawn balloon flights.83
- Nawakszut 🇲🇷 MauretaniaSand and dust season · 25 lis – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.83
- Abu Zabi 🇦🇪 Zjednoczone Emiraty ArabskieShamal dust season · 1 mar – 15 cze (zwykle)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
- Buchara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanDust and wind season · 15 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaSpring dust season · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.82
- Damaszek 🇸🇾 SyriaKhamsin dust winds · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Asuan 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
…i jeszcze 14 w tym miesiącu (marzec).
Sezon pyłu — kwiecień
- Jerozolima 🇮🇱 IzraelSharav dust days · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇯🇴 JordaniaKhamsin dust days · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Trypolis 🇱🇾 LibiaThe ghibli · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.96
- Aleksandria 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)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
- Buchara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanDust and wind season · 15 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 Awiw-Jafa 🇮🇱 IzraelSharav heat spikes · 1 kwi – 5 cze (zwykle)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
- Malaga 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 1 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaSpring dust season · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.93
- Kaszgar 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaFloating dust season · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)Spring lifts the Taklamakan off the desert floor and parks it over the oasis.93
- Nikozja 🇨🇾 CyprSpring dust episodes · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Damaszek 🇸🇾 SyriaKhamsin dust winds · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima · 15 sty – 15 kwi (zwykle)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
- Pekin 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaSandstorm season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)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
- Irbil 🇮🇶 IrakDust season · 1 kwi – 30 cze (zwykle)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.91
- Albuquerque 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring wind and blowing dust · 1 mar – 31 majThe 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
- Morze Martwe 🇯🇴 JordaniaKhamsin dust winds · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Kair 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Seul 🇰🇷 Korea PołudniowaFine dust season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)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 mar – 30 cze (zwykle)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.84
- Fukuoka 🇯🇵 JaponiaYellow sand season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars.81
- Inczon 🇰🇷 Korea PołudniowaFine dust season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)Incheon is the first thing the spring westerlies hit, so it reads worse than Seoul on the bad days.81
- Merzouga 🇲🇦 MarokoSpring sandstorms · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Nawakszut 🇲🇷 MauretaniaSand and dust season · 25 lis – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.79
…i jeszcze 11 w tym miesiącu (kwiecień).
Sezon pyłu — maj
- Malaga 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 1 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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
- Jerozolima 🇮🇱 IzraelSharav dust days · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇯🇴 JordaniaKhamsin dust days · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Trypolis 🇱🇾 LibiaThe ghibli · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)A hot, dust-laden southerly off the desert that can lift the temperature sharply in a few hours and leave grit on everything.91
- Seul 🇰🇷 Korea PołudniowaFine dust season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)Spring brings the worst air of the year, part local, part dust and pollution blown in from the west.90
- Urumczi 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaSpring dust · 15 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)Spring lifts the basin's dust into the wind gap the city sits in.90
- Pekin 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaSandstorm season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)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 Awiw-Jafa 🇮🇱 IzraelSharav heat spikes · 1 kwi – 5 cze (zwykle)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
- Damaszek 🇸🇾 SyriaKhamsin dust winds · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Aleksandria 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)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
- Inczon 🇰🇷 Korea PołudniowaFine dust season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)Incheon is the first thing the spring westerlies hit, so it reads worse than Seoul on the bad days.88
- Albuquerque 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring wind and blowing dust · 1 mar – 31 majThe 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
- Kaszgar 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaFloating dust season · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)Spring lifts the Taklamakan off the desert floor and parks it over the oasis.87
- Nikozja 🇨🇾 CyprSpring dust episodes · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Buchara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanDust and wind season · 15 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇨🇳 Chińska Republika LudowaSpring dust season · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.85
- Fukuoka 🇯🇵 JaponiaYellow sand season · 1 mar – 15 maj (zwykle)Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars.82
- Ułan Bator 🇲🇳 MongoliaSpring dust storms · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)Gobi dust rides the spring wind up over the city several times a season, turning the sky orange and grounding domestic flights.81
- Cuzco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.81
- Irbil 🇮🇶 IrakDust season · 1 kwi – 30 cze (zwykle)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.81
- Morze Martwe 🇯🇴 JordaniaKhamsin dust winds · 15 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Kair 🇪🇬 EgiptKhamaseen dust winds · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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
- Park Narodowy Skamieniałego Lasu 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneSpring wind and dust · 1 mar – 31 maj (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaSakurajima ashfall · 15 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima on the snow · 15 lut – 15 cze (zwykle)Saharan dust blows north over Andalusia most often in spring, turning the sky orange and leaving the pistes pink.69
…i jeszcze 9 w tym miesiącu (maj).
Sezon pyłu — czerwiec
- Teneryfa 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.91
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgieriaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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
- Malaga 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 1 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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
- Cuzco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.82
- Tel Awiw-Jafa 🇮🇱 IzraelSharav heat spikes · 1 kwi – 5 cze (zwykle)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 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima on the snow · 15 lut – 15 cze (zwykle)Saharan dust blows north over Andalusia most often in spring, turning the sky orange and leaving the pistes pink.79
- Marrakesz 🇲🇦 MarokoThe chergui · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.74
- Buchara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanDust and wind season · 15 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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
- Dżudda 🇸🇦 Arabia SaudyjskaDust and sandstorm season · 1 mar – 31 lip (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaSakurajima ashfall · 15 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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
- Irbil 🇮🇶 IrakDust season · 1 kwi – 30 cze (zwykle)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.46
- Abu Zabi 🇦🇪 Zjednoczone Emiraty ArabskieShamal dust season · 1 mar – 15 cze (zwykle)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
- Port Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.43
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonsoon dust storms · 15 cze – 30 wrzOutflow 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 🇮🇳 IndieThe loo and dust storms · 15 kwi – 20 cze (zwykle)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 mar – 30 cze (zwykle)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 maj – 15 sie (zwykle)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.29
- Kuwejt 🇰🇼 KuwejtSummer shamal dust · 1 cze – 31 lip (zwykle)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
Sezon pyłu — lipiec
- Teneryfa 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.86
- Cuzco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.83
- Malaga 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 1 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇩🇿 AlgieriaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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
- Dżudda 🇸🇦 Arabia SaudyjskaDust and sandstorm season · 1 mar – 31 lip (zwykle)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
- Buchara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanDust and wind season · 15 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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
- Marrakesz 🇲🇦 MarokoThe chergui · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.49
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponiaSakurajima ashfall · 15 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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
- Port Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.34
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonsoon dust storms · 15 cze – 30 wrzOutflow 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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneHaboobs · 1 lip – 10 wrz (zwykle)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.29
- Kuwejt 🇰🇼 KuwejtSummer shamal dust · 1 cze – 31 lip (zwykle)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 maj – 15 sie (zwykle)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.24
Sezon pyłu — sierpień
- Cuzco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.84
- Teneryfa 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.82
- Malaga 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 1 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇩🇿 AlgieriaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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
- Buchara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanDust and wind season · 15 mar – 31 sie (zwykle)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 🇯🇵 JaponiaSakurajima ashfall · 15 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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
- Marrakesz 🇲🇦 MarokoThe chergui · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.46
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonsoon dust storms · 15 cze – 30 wrzOutflow 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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneHaboobs · 1 lip – 10 wrz (zwykle)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.34
- Port Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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 maj – 15 sie (zwykle)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.27
Sezon pyłu — wrzesień
- Cuzco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.84
- Teneryfa 🇪🇸 HiszpaniaCalima dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.84
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgieriaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)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
- Marrakesz 🇲🇦 MarokoThe chergui · 15 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.75
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JaponiaSakurajima ashfall · 15 maj – 30 wrz (zwykle)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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneMonsoon dust storms · 15 cze – 30 wrzOutflow 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 🇺🇸 Stany ZjednoczoneHaboobs · 1 lip – 10 wrz (zwykle)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.49
- Port Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanHaboob dust storms · 1 cze – 15 wrz (zwykle)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.46
Sezon pyłu — listopad
- Nawakszut 🇲🇷 MauretaniaSand and dust season · 25 lis – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.80
- Praia 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 15 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.77
- Bamako 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)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
- Wagadugu 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15 lis – 20 lut (zwykle)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.68
- Ndżamena 🇹🇩 CzadHarmattan · 25 lis – 10 mar (zwykle)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.64
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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
Sezon pyłu — grudzień
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerHarmattan · 25 lis – 28 lut (zwykle)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
- Ndżamena 🇹🇩 CzadHarmattan · 25 lis – 10 mar (zwykle)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.84
- Nawakszut 🇲🇷 MauretaniaSand and dust season · 25 lis – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.84
- Praia 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 15 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.83
- Bamako 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25 lis – 15 mar (zwykle)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 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)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 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca · 1 gru – 15 mar (zwykle)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.82
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Republika Zielonego PrzylądkaBruma seca dust haze · 1 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)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
- Abudża 🇳🇬 NigeriaHarmattan · 1 gru – 20 lut (zwykle)Saharan dust reaches the middle belt properly: a flat white sky, dust on every surface, and mornings cold enough for a jacket.81
- Bandżul 🇬🇲 GambiaHarmattan haze · 1 gru – 1 mar (zwykle)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 gru – 28 lut (zwykle)Dust off the desert crosses the river mouth through the cool months and drops the visibility for days at a time.80
- Wagadugu 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoHarmattan · 15 lis – 20 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)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
- Konakry 🇬🇳 GwineaHarmattan and the dry months · 1 gru – 15 kwi (zwykle)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.74
- Freetown 🇸🇱 Sierra LeoneHarmattan haze · 1 gru – 20 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.70
- Kotonu 🇧🇯 BeninHarmattan haze · 5 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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
- Akra 🇬🇭 GhanaHarmattan haze · 5 gru – 10 lut (zwykle)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 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.68
- Abidżan 🇨🇮 Wybrzeże Kości SłoniowejHarmattan haze · 10 gru – 15 lut (zwykle)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.66