Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamako weather
in November.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a very hot month in Bamako: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dialakorodji (11 km away). In November its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Bamako, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bamako ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest November highs and joint 9th of 13 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 13 cities is 34.6°C; Bamako is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.9 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Dialakorodji in NovemberMali · 11 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Kati in NovemberMali · 18 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Bougouni in NovemberMali · 143 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Kita in NovemberMali · 171 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Siguiri in NovemberGuinea · 185 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Ségou in NovemberMali · 208 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Koutiala in NovemberMali · 274 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kankan in NovemberGuinea · 287 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 28 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.