Climate averages 1991–2020
Mopti weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Mopti: daytime highs average 40.9°C and nights cool to about 28.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (153 km away). In May its highs average 39.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Mopti, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Mopti ranks joint 3rd of 13 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 39.0°C; Mopti is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 39.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San in MayMali · 153 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in MayBurkina Faso · 215 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 27.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Ségou in MayMali · 252 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Koutiala in MayMali · 271 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Timbuktu in MayMali · 284 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Koudougou in MayBurkina Faso · 317 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Houndé in MayBurkina Faso · 340 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MayBurkina Faso · 368 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 66 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.