When to go · Mali
When to go to Timbuktu
Twelve months of averages for Timbuktu, and what they say about when to go.
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): March to November.
- The warmest month is May (42°C) and the coolest January (27°C). The wettest is August (86 mm) and the driest March (0 mm); about 199 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
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Timbuktu
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 | 27°C | 12°C | 1 mm | 19% | 34% | 5.4 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 31°C | 14°C | 1 mm | 16% | 29% | 6.1 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 36°C | 19°C | 0 mm | 14% | 26% | 6.8 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 39°C | 23°C | 1 mm | 13% | 31% | 7.1 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 42°C | 27°C | 3 mm | 17% | 37% | 7 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 42°C | 29°C | 15 mm | 28% | 40% | 6.8 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 39°C | 28°C | 51 mm | 43% | 44% | 6.6 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 37°C | 26°C | 86 mm | 53% | 45% | 6.5 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 38°C | 26°C | 35 mm | 47% | 37% | 6.5 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 38°C | 23°C | 5 mm | 29% | 25% | 6.2 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 33°C | 18°C | 1 mm | 22% | 26% | 5.6 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 29°C | 13°C | 0 mm | 22% | 28% | 5.3 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
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.
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)