Climate averages 1991–2020
Koutiala weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 8th 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 Koutiala: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (118 km away). In October its highs average 35.4°C, 2.5°C warmer than Koutiala, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Koutiala ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 34.1°C; Koutiala is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 1.9 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- San in OctoberMali · 118 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Sikasso in OctoberMali · 121 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Ségou in OctoberMali · 145 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in OctoberBurkina Faso · 185 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Banfora in OctoberBurkina Faso · 209 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Houndé in OctoberBurkina Faso · 234 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Bougouni in OctoberMali · 245 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Mopti in OctoberMali · 271 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 12 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.