Climate averages 1991–2020
Koutiala weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Koutiala: daytime highs average 37.8°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (118 km away). In May its highs average 39.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Koutiala, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Koutiala ranks joint 10th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 39.0°C; Koutiala is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San in MayMali · 118 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Sikasso in MayMali · 121 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Ségou in MayMali · 145 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MayBurkina Faso · 185 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Banfora in MayBurkina Faso · 209 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Houndé in MayBurkina Faso · 234 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Bougouni in MayMali · 245 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mopti in MayMali · 271 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 7.4 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 Koutiala) is explained once on the Koutiala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.