Djenné
Elevation 278 m13.90° N, 4.55° 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 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 32 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 34 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 41 °C
Mean 34 °C, 2 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 41 °C
Mean 32 °C, 4 rain days in the month (60 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 29 °C, 9 rain days in the month (161 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 28 °C, 12 rain days in the month (238 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 29 °C, 8 rain days in the month (107 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 31 °C, 2 rain days in the month (17 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 25 °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).
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: 2021 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1950 (−1.2 °C).
March and April warmed the most (+1.3 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: −7 % every ten years.