Climate averages 1991–2020
Mopti weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mopti: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (153 km away). In January its highs average 32.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mopti, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Mopti ranks joint 9th of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.0°C; Mopti is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 34.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San in JanuaryMali · 153 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 215 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ségou in JanuaryMali · 252 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Koutiala in JanuaryMali · 271 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Timbuktu in JanuaryMali · 284 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Koudougou in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 317 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Houndé in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 340 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 368 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.3 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.