Climate averages 1991–2020
Mopti weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mopti: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (153 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Mopti, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Mopti ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 30.7°C; Mopti is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 63 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
Mopti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 3.8 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.9°C28.4°C | 28.4°C | 7.4 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| June | 39.1°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 25 | 6.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 80 | 13.9 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 141 | 15.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 34.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 63 | 10.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 33.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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 · 153 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 196 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in AugustBurkina Faso · 215 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Ségou in AugustMali · 252 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Koutiala in AugustMali · 271 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Timbuktu in AugustMali · 284 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Koudougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 317 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 216 mm rain
- Houndé in AugustBurkina Faso · 340 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AugustBurkina Faso · 368 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 246 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 Mopti) is explained once on the Mopti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.