Climate averages 1991–2020
Bougouni 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 Bougouni: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bamako (143 km away). In October its highs average 31.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Bougouni, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bougouni ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 34.1°C; Bougouni is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 4.3 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bamako in OctoberMali · 143 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in OctoberMali · 152 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Kati in OctoberMali · 161 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Siguiri in OctoberGuinea · 184 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Sikasso in OctoberMali · 198 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Kankan in OctoberGuinea · 230 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Koutiala in OctoberMali · 245 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Ségou in OctoberMali · 261 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 21 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.