Temporada de poeira, mês a mês pelo mundo
Poeira e tempestades de areia na primavera; pulmões sensíveis ficam em casa.
Esta é uma página de alerta, não uma recomendação. Temporada de poeira: 66 destinos afetados no SeasonMap; os meses abaixo são aqueles em que a janela de risco está aberta — a maioria das semanas passa tranquila, e a nota ao lado de cada lugar continua sendo a nota climática comum, com risco e tudo.
Quando acontece
Temporada de poeira em janeiro
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.91
- Dacar 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust season · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇲🇷 MauritâniaSand and dust season · 25 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.88
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.87
- Praia 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.86
- Niamei 🇳🇪 NígerHarmattan · 25 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)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
- Jamena 🇹🇩 ChadeHarmattan · 25 Nov – 10 Mar (normalmente)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.86
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.86
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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
- São Luís 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)Dust off the desert crosses the river mouth through the cool months and drops the visibility for days at a time.85
- Bamaco 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Uagadugu 🇧🇫 Burquina FassoHarmattan · 15 Nov – 20 Fev (normalmente)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 🇳🇬 NigériaHarmattan · 1 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente)Saharan dust reaches the middle belt properly: a flat white sky, dust on every surface, and mornings cold enough for a jacket.80
- Freetown 🇸🇱 Serra LeoaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.78
- Banjul 🇬🇲 GâmbiaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 1 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.78
- Conacri 🇬🇳 GuinéHarmattan and the dry months · 1 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.76
- Kumasi 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan · 1 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)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
- Monróvia 🇱🇷 LibériaHarmattan haze · 10 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.71
- Cotonu 🇧🇯 BenimHarmattan haze · 5 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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 Fev (normalmente)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.69
- Acra 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan haze · 5 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: hazy horizons, dry skin, and a fine dust on everything left outside.68
- Abidjã 🇨🇮 Costa do MarfimHarmattan haze · 10 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.68
Temporada de poeira em fevereiro
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Dacar 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust season · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.91
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.88
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.88
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.88
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauritâniaSand and dust season · 25 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.85
- São Luís 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)Dust off the desert crosses the river mouth through the cool months and drops the visibility for days at a time.83
- Freetown 🇸🇱 Serra LeoaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.77
- Jamena 🇹🇩 ChadeHarmattan · 25 Nov – 10 Mar (normalmente)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.75
- Niamei 🇳🇪 NígerHarmattan · 25 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)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
- Conacri 🇬🇳 GuinéHarmattan and the dry months · 1 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.72
- Abuja 🇳🇬 NigériaHarmattan · 1 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente)Saharan dust reaches the middle belt properly: a flat white sky, dust on every surface, and mornings cold enough for a jacket.70
- Bamaco 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)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 🇬🇲 GâmbiaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 1 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.69
- Monróvia 🇱🇷 LibériaHarmattan haze · 10 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan · 1 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)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 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.68
- Uagadugu 🇧🇫 Burquina FassoHarmattan · 15 Nov – 20 Fev (normalmente)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.67
- Acra 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan haze · 5 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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 Fev (normalmente)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.66
- Cotonu 🇧🇯 BenimHarmattan haze · 5 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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
- Abidjã 🇨🇮 Costa do MarfimHarmattan haze · 10 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.64
…e mais 1 em fevereiro.
Temporada de poeira em março
- Cairo 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.95
- Mar Morto 🇯🇴 JordâniaKhamsin dust winds · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Bagdá 🇮🇶 IraqueShamal dust storms · 15 Mar – 30 Jun (normalmente)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.92
- Trípoli 🇱🇾 LíbiaThe ghibli · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.91
- Praia 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.90
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.90
- Merzouga 🇲🇦 MarrocosSpring sandstorms · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇯🇴 JordâniaKhamsin dust days · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Riade 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaSpring dust storms · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Nicósia 🇨🇾 ChipreSpring dust episodes · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Jerusalém 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav dust days · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring wind and blowing dust · 1 Mar – 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 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Spring southerlies fill the valley with sand for a day or two at a time and ground the dawn balloon flights.83
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauritâniaSand and dust season · 25 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.83
- Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosShamal dust season · 1 Mar – 15 Jun (normalmente)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
- Bucara 🇺🇿 UsbequistãoDust and wind season · 15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Cotã 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSpring dust season · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.82
- Damasco 🇸🇾 SíriaKhamsin dust winds · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Assuão 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
…e mais 14 em março.
Temporada de poeira em abril
- Jerusalém 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav dust days · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇯🇴 JordâniaKhamsin dust days · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Trípoli 🇱🇾 LíbiaThe ghibli · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses on an easterly a few times each winter and spring, hazing the volcanoes out and occasionally closing the airport.96
- Alexandria 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Bucara 🇺🇿 UsbequistãoDust and wind season · 15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav heat spikes · 1 Abr – 5 Jun (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Cotã 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSpring dust season · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.93
- Casgar 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaFloating dust season · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)Spring lifts the Taklamakan off the desert floor and parks it over the oasis.93
- Nicósia 🇨🇾 ChipreSpring dust episodes · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Damasco 🇸🇾 SíriaKhamsin dust winds · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima · 15 Jan – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Pequim 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSandstorm season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Arbil 🇮🇶 IraqueDust season · 1 Abr – 30 Jun (normalmente)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.91
- Albuquerque 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring wind and blowing dust · 1 Mar – 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
- Mar Morto 🇯🇴 JordâniaKhamsin dust winds · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Cairo 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇰🇷 Coreia do SulFine dust season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Spring brings the worst air of the year, part local, part dust and pollution blown in from the west.85
- Bagdá 🇮🇶 IraqueShamal dust storms · 15 Mar – 30 Jun (normalmente)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.84
- Fukuoka 🇯🇵 JapãoYellow sand season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars.81
- Incheon 🇰🇷 Coreia do SulFine dust season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Incheon is the first thing the spring westerlies hit, so it reads worse than Seoul on the bad days.81
- Merzouga 🇲🇦 MarrocosSpring sandstorms · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇲🇷 MauritâniaSand and dust season · 25 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.79
…e mais 11 em abril.
Temporada de poeira em maio
- Málaga 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Jerusalém 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav dust days · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇯🇴 JordâniaKhamsin dust days · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Trípoli 🇱🇾 LíbiaThe ghibli · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇰🇷 Coreia do SulFine dust season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Spring brings the worst air of the year, part local, part dust and pollution blown in from the west.90
- Ürümqi 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSpring dust · 15 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Spring lifts the basin's dust into the wind gap the city sits in.90
- Pequim 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSandstorm season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav heat spikes · 1 Abr – 5 Jun (normalmente)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
- Damasco 🇸🇾 SíriaKhamsin dust winds · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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 🇰🇷 Coreia do SulFine dust season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Incheon is the first thing the spring westerlies hit, so it reads worse than Seoul on the bad days.88
- Albuquerque 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring wind and blowing dust · 1 Mar – 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
- Casgar 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaFloating dust season · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)Spring lifts the Taklamakan off the desert floor and parks it over the oasis.87
- Nicósia 🇨🇾 ChipreSpring dust episodes · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Bucara 🇺🇿 UsbequistãoDust and wind season · 15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Cotã 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaSpring dust season · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)Hotan sits on the southern rim of the Taklamakan and spring is when the desert moves.85
- Fukuoka 🇯🇵 JapãoYellow sand season · 1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars.82
- Ulã Bator 🇲🇳 MongóliaSpring dust storms · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 Set (normalmente)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.81
- Arbil 🇮🇶 IraqueDust season · 1 Abr – 30 Jun (normalmente)The shamal lifts the plains and the city turns the colour of the ground for a day or two at a time.81
- Mar Morto 🇯🇴 JordâniaKhamsin dust winds · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Cairo 🇪🇬 EgitoKhamaseen dust winds · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Parque Nacional da Floresta Petrificada 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring wind and dust · 1 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)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 🇯🇵 JapãoSakurajima ashfall · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
- Serra Nevada 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima on the snow · 15 Fev – 15 Jun (normalmente)Saharan dust blows north over Andalusia most often in spring, turning the sky orange and leaving the pistes pink.69
…e mais 9 em maio.
Temporada de poeira em junho
- Tenerife 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.91
- Argel 🇩🇿 ArgéliaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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 Set (normalmente)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.82
- Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 IsraelSharav heat spikes · 1 Abr – 5 Jun (normalmente)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
- Serra Nevada 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima on the snow · 15 Fev – 15 Jun (normalmente)Saharan dust blows north over Andalusia most often in spring, turning the sky orange and leaving the pistes pink.79
- Marraquexe 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe chergui · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.74
- Bucara 🇺🇿 UsbequistãoDust and wind season · 15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaDust and sandstorm season · 1 Mar – 31 Jul (normalmente)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 🇯🇵 JapãoSakurajima ashfall · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
- Arbil 🇮🇶 IraqueDust season · 1 Abr – 30 Jun (normalmente)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 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosShamal dust season · 1 Mar – 15 Jun (normalmente)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
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoHaboob dust storms · 1 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.43
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMonsoon dust storms · 15 Jun – 30 SetOutflow 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
- Deli 🇮🇳 ÍndiaThe loo and dust storms · 15 Abr – 20 Jun (normalmente)A hot dry wind off the western desert that carries dust across the plain and can push visibility down for a day.33
- Bagdá 🇮🇶 IraqueShamal dust storms · 15 Mar – 30 Jun (normalmente)North-westerlies lift the dried marsh and desert soil; a bad day turns the sky orange and grounds flights at Baghdad International.30
- Doha 🇶🇦 CatarSummer shamal dust · 15 Mai – 15 Ago (normalmente)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 Jun – 31 Jul (normalmente)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
Temporada de poeira em julho
- Tenerife 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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 Set (normalmente)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.83
- Málaga 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Argel 🇩🇿 ArgéliaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaDust and sandstorm season · 1 Mar – 31 Jul (normalmente)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
- Bucara 🇺🇿 UsbequistãoDust and wind season · 15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Marraquexe 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe chergui · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.49
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapãoSakurajima ashfall · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoHaboob dust storms · 1 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.34
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMonsoon dust storms · 15 Jun – 30 SetOutflow 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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHaboobs · 1 Jul – 10 Set (normalmente)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 Jun – 31 Jul (normalmente)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 🇶🇦 CatarSummer shamal dust · 15 Mai – 15 Ago (normalmente)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.24
Temporada de poeira em agosto
- Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.84
- Tenerife 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.82
- Málaga 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Argel 🇩🇿 ArgéliaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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
- Bucara 🇺🇿 UsbequistãoDust and wind season · 15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)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 🇯🇵 JapãoSakurajima ashfall · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
- Marraquexe 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe chergui · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.46
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMonsoon dust storms · 15 Jun – 30 SetOutflow 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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHaboobs · 1 Jul – 10 Set (normalmente)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.34
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoHaboob dust storms · 1 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.31
- Doha 🇶🇦 CatarSummer shamal dust · 15 Mai – 15 Ago (normalmente)The long north-westerly blows for days at a stretch in early summer, hazing the skyline and putting sand through every door seal.27
Temporada de poeira em setembro
- Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruAndean dry season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August.84
- Tenerife 🇪🇸 EspanhaCalima dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)Saharan dust can settle over the island for days, dropping visibility, raising the temperature and putting the airport on the news.84
- Argel 🇩🇿 ArgéliaSirocco and Saharan dust · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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
- Marraquexe 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe chergui · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A dry easterly off the Sahara that adds several degrees to an already extreme month and fills the air with dust.75
- Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapãoSakurajima ashfall · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMonsoon dust storms · 15 Jun – 30 SetOutflow 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 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHaboobs · 1 Jul – 10 Set (normalmente)Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing.49
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoHaboob dust storms · 1 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)A wall of dust arrives off the desert ahead of a storm and visibility drops to nothing for an hour or two.46
Temporada de poeira em novembro
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauritâniaSand and dust season · 25 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.80
- Praia 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.77
- Bamaco 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Uagadugu 🇧🇫 Burquina FassoHarmattan · 15 Nov – 20 Fev (normalmente)The full Sahelian version: a permanent film of dust, a sun you can look straight at, and mornings cold enough for a coat.68
- Jamena 🇹🇩 ChadeHarmattan · 25 Nov – 10 Mar (normalmente)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.64
- Niamei 🇳🇪 NígerHarmattan · 25 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)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
Temporada de poeira em dezembro
- Niamei 🇳🇪 NígerHarmattan · 25 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)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
- Jamena 🇹🇩 ChadeHarmattan · 25 Nov – 10 Mar (normalmente)Sahelian dust on a north-easterly, cold mornings and a sky the colour of weak tea.84
- Nouakchott 🇲🇷 MauritâniaSand and dust season · 25 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan carries Saharan sand straight over the city and the dunes keep working their way into the eastern quarters.84
- Praia 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust crosses the archipelago in the cool months and turns the sky milky for days at a time.83
- Bamaco 🇲🇱 MaliHarmattan · 25 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The Saharan haze Cape Verdeans call bruma seca hits the eastern islands hardest, and Boa Vista sits closest to the African coast.83
- Dacar 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust season · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca · 1 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Saharan haze reaches the eastern islands in the cool months and can grey out a week of otherwise faultless weather.82
- Mindelo 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeBruma seca dust haze · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)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 🇳🇬 NigériaHarmattan · 1 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente)Saharan dust reaches the middle belt properly: a flat white sky, dust on every surface, and mornings cold enough for a jacket.81
- Banjul 🇬🇲 GâmbiaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 1 Mar (normalmente)Saharan dust drifts down the coast through the cool months and flattens the light for days at a time.80
- São Luís 🇸🇳 SenegalSaharan dust · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)Dust off the desert crosses the river mouth through the cool months and drops the visibility for days at a time.80
- Uagadugu 🇧🇫 Burquina FassoHarmattan · 15 Nov – 20 Fev (normalmente)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 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan · 1 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)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
- Conacri 🇬🇳 GuinéHarmattan and the dry months · 1 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)The harmattan takes over in December and the rain effectively stops.74
- Freetown 🇸🇱 Serra LeoaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 20 Fev (normalmente)Saharan dust reaches this far down the coast through the driest weeks and takes the view of the hills with it.74
- Monróvia 🇱🇷 LibériaHarmattan haze · 10 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan haze · 1 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash.70
- Cotonu 🇧🇯 BenimHarmattan haze · 5 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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
- Acra 🇬🇭 GanaHarmattan haze · 5 Dez – 10 Fev (normalmente)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 Fev (normalmente)The coastal version of the Saharan wind: white sky, dry air, dust settling on the beach bars and the border traffic at Aflao.68
- Abidjã 🇨🇮 Costa do MarfimHarmattan haze · 10 Dez – 15 Fev (normalmente)Abidjan sits at the far southern edge of the harmattan.66