Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamako weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Bamako: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dialakorodji (11 km away). In April its highs average 39.3°C, about as warm as Bamako, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bamako ranks 8th of 13 for the warmest April highs and joint 7th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 39.5°C; Bamako is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.0 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bamako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 39.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 7.0 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 32 | 7.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 92 | 14.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 198 | 22.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 253 | 24.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 163 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 49 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Dialakorodji in AprilMali · 11 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Kati in AprilMali · 18 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Bougouni in AprilMali · 143 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Kita in AprilMali · 171 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 25.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Siguiri in AprilGuinea · 185 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Ségou in AprilMali · 208 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Koutiala in AprilMali · 274 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Kankan in AprilGuinea · 287 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 46 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bamako) is explained once on the Bamako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.