Climate averages 1991–2020
Mopti weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Mopti: daytime highs average 37.7°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San (153 km away). In October its highs average 35.4°C, 2.3°C cooler than Mopti, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Mopti ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 34.1°C; Mopti is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- San in OctoberMali · 153 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in OctoberBurkina Faso · 215 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Ségou in OctoberMali · 252 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Koutiala in OctoberMali · 271 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Timbuktu in OctoberMali · 284 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Koudougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 317 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Houndé in OctoberBurkina Faso · 340 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in OctoberBurkina Faso · 368 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 57 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.