Climate averages 1991–2020
San weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in San: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (118 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than San, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, San ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 30.7°C; San is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Koutiala in AugustMali · 118 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Ségou in AugustMali · 148 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Mopti in AugustMali · 153 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Sikasso in AugustMali · 235 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AugustBurkina Faso · 244 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Houndé in AugustBurkina Faso · 250 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in AugustBurkina Faso · 270 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Banfora in AugustBurkina Faso · 296 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 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.