Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamako weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bamako: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dialakorodji (11 km away). In January its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Bamako, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bamako ranks joint 7th of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 12th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.0°C; Bamako is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.5 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dialakorodji in JanuaryMali · 11 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kati in JanuaryMali · 18 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Bougouni in JanuaryMali · 143 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kita in JanuaryMali · 171 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Siguiri in JanuaryGuinea · 185 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Ségou in JanuaryMali · 208 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Koutiala in JanuaryMali · 274 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Kankan in JanuaryGuinea · 287 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.2 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.