Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamako weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Bamako: daytime highs average 37.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dialakorodji (11 km away). In March its highs average 37.9°C, about as warm as Bamako, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bamako ranks joint 9th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 37.9°C; Bamako is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 39.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 7.0 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dialakorodji in MarchMali · 11 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kati in MarchMali · 18 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Bougouni in MarchMali · 143 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Kita in MarchMali · 171 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Siguiri in MarchGuinea · 185 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Ségou in MarchMali · 208 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Koutiala in MarchMali · 274 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kankan in MarchGuinea · 287 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 14 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.