Climate averages 1991–2020
Kati weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd 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 Kati: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 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 (13 km away). In March its highs average 37.9°C, about as warm as Kati, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Kati ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 37.9°C; Kati is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 38.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 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
Kati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| February | 34.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 37.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 7.0 | 2.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 28 | 6.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 86 | 14.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 202 | 22.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 258 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 165 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 47 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 32.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°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 · 13 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Bamako in MarchMali · 18 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Kita in MarchMali · 157 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Bougouni in MarchMali · 161 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Siguiri in MarchGuinea · 189 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Ségou in MarchMali · 211 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Koutiala in MarchMali · 286 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kankan in MarchGuinea · 295 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 Kati) is explained once on the Kati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Dialakorodji lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.