Fog in Timbuktu

daily fog outlook & 2016–2026 climatology
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. dense fog (visibility under a mile) is rare here in August (10-year average).

Measured at Tombouktou Airport (GATB). This station has climatology and live observations only.

Measuring station

stationairportfog hours/yrforecast
GATBTombouktou Airport39 h/yrclimatology

Fog is measured where instruments live — airports. Hours/yr = time below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), the aviation definition of seriously dense fog.

When Timbuktu fogs in

Fog here concentrates in March and July — about 39 hours in a typical year at GATB. Hour-by-hour patterns, live conditions and the forecast strip live on the GATB station page.

Fog season

January: ~0 hJanFebruary: ~0 hFebMarch: ~5 hMarApril: ~2 hAprMay: ~1 hMayJune: ~0 hJunJuly: ~3 hJulAugust: ~0 hAugSeptember: ~0 hSepOctober: ~2 hOctNovember: ~0 hNovDecember: ~0 hDec
Fog season is March, April, July, October, peaking in March; fog is mostly a 5 PM–5 PM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 6 PM local time · 10-yr average

Machine access: data.json · llms.txt · forecast verification. Not for operational use.