Gao
Elevation 226 m16.27° N, 0.05° 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 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 30 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 34 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 42 °C
Mean 36 °C, it hardly ever rains (4 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 43 °C
Mean 36 °C, 2 rain days in the month (18 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 42 °C
Mean 33 °C, 5 rain days in the month (60 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 31 °C, 7 rain days in the month (103 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 33 °C, 3 rain days in the month (29 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 33 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °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
The best month is January. Avoid February–December (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 +1.2 °C; in the last ten years by +1.5 °C. Warmest year: 2025 (+2.1 °C), coldest: 1950 (−1.2 °C).
April and March warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.4 °C), June the least (+0.9 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 30 °C) begins 11 days earlier and ends 7 days later.
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: −11 % every ten years.