Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamako weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bamako: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dialakorodji (11 km away). In October its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Bamako, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bamako ranks 9th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 34.1°C; Bamako is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dialakorodji in OctoberMali · 11 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Kati in OctoberMali · 18 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Bougouni in OctoberMali · 143 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Kita in OctoberMali · 171 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Siguiri in OctoberGuinea · 185 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Ségou in OctoberMali · 208 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Koutiala in OctoberMali · 274 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Kankan in OctoberGuinea · 287 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 176 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.