Climate averages 1991–2020
San weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in San: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (118 km away). In July its highs average 31.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than San, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, San ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 13 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 13 cities is 32.5°C; San is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Koutiala in JulyMali · 118 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Ségou in JulyMali · 148 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 126 mm rain
- Mopti in JulyMali · 153 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Sikasso in JulyMali · 235 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in JulyBurkina Faso · 244 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Houndé in JulyBurkina Faso · 250 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JulyBurkina Faso · 270 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Banfora in JulyBurkina Faso · 296 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 168 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.