Climate averages 1991–2020
Kayes weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Kayes: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tambacounda (251 km away). In October its highs average 34.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Kayes, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Kayes ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 34.1°C; Kayes is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 1.0 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
Kayes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 36.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 41.8°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 42.0°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 4.7 | 1.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 39.5°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 24 | 4.5 | 13.013 h |
| July | 34.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 98 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 160 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 108 | 11.1 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 35.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 34.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.2 | 0.1 | 11.311 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
- Tambacounda in OctoberSenegal · 251 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Kita in OctoberMali · 263 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Labé in OctoberGuinea · 360 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Kati in OctoberMali · 411 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Kolda in OctoberSenegal · 415 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Siguiri in OctoberGuinea · 417 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in OctoberMali · 423 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Bamako in OctoberMali · 427 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 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 Kayes) is explained once on the Kayes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.