Climate averages 1991–2020
Kita weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kita: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kati (157 km away). In October its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Kita, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Kita ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 34.1°C; Kita is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 2.0 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kati in OctoberMali · 157 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in OctoberMali · 169 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Bamako in OctoberMali · 171 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Siguiri in OctoberGuinea · 183 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Kayes in OctoberMali · 263 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Bougouni in OctoberMali · 283 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Kankan in OctoberGuinea · 296 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Ségou in OctoberMali · 352 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 21 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.