Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamako weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Bamako: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dialakorodji (11 km away). In July its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Bamako, with 202 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bamako ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest July highs and 10th of 13 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 13 cities is 32.5°C; Bamako is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 198 mm to 253 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Dialakorodji in JulyMali · 11 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Kati in JulyMali · 18 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 202 mm rain
- Bougouni in JulyMali · 143 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Kita in JulyMali · 171 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Siguiri in JulyGuinea · 185 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Ségou in JulyMali · 208 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 126 mm rain
- Koutiala in JulyMali · 274 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Kankan in JulyGuinea · 287 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 245 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.