Climate averages 1991–2020
Kita weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kita: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 259 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kati (157 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Kita, with 258 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Kita ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 30.7°C; Kita is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 259 mm to 188 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kati in AugustMali · 157 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 258 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in AugustMali · 169 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 258 mm rain
- Bamako in AugustMali · 171 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 253 mm rain
- Siguiri in AugustGuinea · 183 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 292 mm rain
- Kayes in AugustMali · 263 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Bougouni in AugustMali · 283 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 261 mm rain
- Kankan in AugustGuinea · 296 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 279 mm rain
- Ségou in AugustMali · 352 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 183 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.