Climate averages 1991–2020

Koutiala weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.0°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 1.3 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Koutiala: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San (118 km away). In January its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Koutiala, with 1.0 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Koutiala ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.0°C; Koutiala is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.3 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Koutiala, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Koutiala

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 limits

How 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.