Climate averages 1991–2020
Mopti weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mopti: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (153 km away). In December its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Mopti, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Mopti ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 32.6°C; Mopti is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- San in DecemberMali · 153 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in DecemberBurkina Faso · 215 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Ségou in DecemberMali · 252 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Koutiala in DecemberMali · 271 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Timbuktu in DecemberMali · 284 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Koudougou in DecemberBurkina Faso · 317 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Houndé in DecemberBurkina Faso · 340 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in DecemberBurkina Faso · 368 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 0 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.