Climate averages 1991–2020
Kita weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kita: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kati (157 km away). In January its highs average 31.8°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kita, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Kita ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.0°C; Kita is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kati in JanuaryMali · 157 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in JanuaryMali · 169 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Bamako in JanuaryMali · 171 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Siguiri in JanuaryGuinea · 183 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Kayes in JanuaryMali · 263 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bougouni in JanuaryMali · 283 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kankan in JanuaryGuinea · 296 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Ségou in JanuaryMali · 352 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 1.4 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.