Climate averages 1991–2020
Kita weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Kita: daytime highs average 39.9°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kati (157 km away). In April its highs average 38.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kita, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Kita ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest April highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 39.5°C; Kita is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 39.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 3.8 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.0°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 21 | 5.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 92 | 13.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 193 | 21.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 259 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 188 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 57 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kati in AprilMali · 157 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in AprilMali · 169 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Bamako in AprilMali · 171 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Siguiri in AprilGuinea · 183 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Kayes in AprilMali · 263 kmHigh 41.8°C · Low 27.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bougouni in AprilMali · 283 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Kankan in AprilGuinea · 296 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Ségou in AprilMali · 352 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 4.3 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 Kita) is explained once on the Kita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.