When to go · Mali
When to go to Bamako
Twelve months of averages for Bamako, and what they say about when to go.
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When to go
What the averages say
Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Mali at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
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- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): October to June.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July to September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July to September.
- The warmest month is April (40°C) and the coolest August (29°C). The wettest is August (296 mm) and the driest December (0 mm); about 1,017 mm of rain falls in a year.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanHot
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Bamako
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°C | 15°C | 1 mm | 22% | 34% | 5.6 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 36°C | 18°C | 1 mm | 18% | 30% | 6.1 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 39°C | 22°C | 7 mm | 19% | 39% | 6.5 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 40°C | 25°C | 23 mm | 29% | 56% | 6.5 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 39°C | 26°C | 61 mm | 45% | 65% | 6.2 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 35°C | 24°C | 145 mm | 62% | 59% | 6 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 31°C | 23°C | 229 mm | 77% | 65% | 5.6 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 22°C | 296 mm | 84% | 69% | 5.3 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 30°C | 22°C | 191 mm | 81% | 60% | 5.7 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 33°C | 22°C | 60 mm | 67% | 49% | 5.9 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 34°C | 19°C | 3 mm | 40% | 33% | 5.7 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 33°C | 16°C | 0 mm | 28% | 29% | 5.5 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Korhogo434 kmGood for going: October
- Bouaké634 kmGood for going: May, July, August and November
- Daloa659 kmGood for going: April, July, August, October and November
- Yamoussoukro708 kmGood for going: May, July to September and November
- Conakry710 kmGood for going: November to May
- Camayenne711 kmGood for going: November to May
- Freetown735 kmGood for going: November to May
- Monrovia767 kmGood for going: November to May
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Mali at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)