Climate averages 1991–2020
Bougouni weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bougouni: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bamako (143 km away). In May its highs average 37.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Bougouni, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bougouni ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 39.0°C; Bougouni is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Bougouni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 36.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 18 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 36.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 61 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 113 | 16.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 213 | 23.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 261 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 188 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 71 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 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
May in nearby cities
- Bamako in MayMali · 143 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in MayMali · 152 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kati in MayMali · 161 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Siguiri in MayGuinea · 184 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Sikasso in MayMali · 198 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Kankan in MayGuinea · 230 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Koutiala in MayMali · 245 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Ségou in MayMali · 261 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.4°C · 16 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 Bougouni) is explained once on the Bougouni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.