Climate averages 1991–2020
Mopti weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Mopti: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (153 km away). In March its highs average 38.6°C, about as warm as Mopti, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Mopti ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 37.9°C; Mopti is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 40.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.8 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- San in MarchMali · 153 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in MarchBurkina Faso · 215 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Ségou in MarchMali · 252 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Koutiala in MarchMali · 271 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Timbuktu in MarchMali · 284 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Koudougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 317 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Houndé in MarchBurkina Faso · 340 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MarchBurkina Faso · 368 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 8.5 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.