Bamako
Elevation 350 m12.65° N, 7.99° W
Do not travel
The governments of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States advise against all travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
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When to go?
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 32 °C, it hardly ever rains (3 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 33 °C, 1 rain day in the month (13 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 32 °C, 5 rain days in the month (53 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 30 °C, 9 rain days in the month (127 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 27 °C, 15 rain days in the month (223 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 17 rain days in the month (256 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 14 rain days in the month (191 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 28 °C, 5 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
No ideal month: the best months are December–January, the least hot. Avoid February–November (hot, at times extreme heat and often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.0 °C; in the last ten years by +1.2 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1976 (−0.9 °C).
June and March warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.2 °C), August the least (+0.5 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −5 % every ten years.