Climate averages 1991–2020
San weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in San: daytime highs average 40.1°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (118 km away). In April its highs average 39.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than San, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, San ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 39.5°C; San is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 39.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.8 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
San climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 40.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 8.8 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.6°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 20 | 5.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.2°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 43 | 10.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 123 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 196 | 20.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 107 | 14.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 26 | 5.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
April in nearby cities
- Koutiala in AprilMali · 118 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Ségou in AprilMali · 148 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Mopti in AprilMali · 153 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Sikasso in AprilMali · 235 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AprilBurkina Faso · 244 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Houndé in AprilBurkina Faso · 250 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in AprilBurkina Faso · 270 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Banfora in AprilBurkina Faso · 296 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 49 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 San) is explained once on the San year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.