Climate averages 1991–2020
Koutiala 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 Koutiala: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (118 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Koutiala, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Koutiala ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 30.7°C; Koutiala is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 141 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
Koutiala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 38 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 63 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 156 | 19.4 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 229 | 23.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 141 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 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
- San in AugustMali · 118 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 196 mm rain
- Sikasso in AugustMali · 121 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Ségou in AugustMali · 145 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AugustBurkina Faso · 185 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Banfora in AugustBurkina Faso · 209 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 mm rain
- Houndé in AugustBurkina Faso · 234 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Bougouni in AugustMali · 245 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 261 mm rain
- Mopti in AugustMali · 271 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 141 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 Koutiala) is explained once on the Koutiala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.