Climate averages 1991–2020
Ségou 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 Ségou: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 20 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 (145 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ségou, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Ségou ranks 6th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 30.7°C; Ségou is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 114 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
Ségou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 4.3 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.4°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 16 | 4.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 39 | 7.9 | 12.913 h |
| July | 32.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 126 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 183 | 19.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 114 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| December | 32.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°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
August in nearby cities
- Koutiala in AugustMali · 145 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 229 mm rain
- San in AugustMali · 148 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 196 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in AugustMali · 202 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 258 mm rain
- Bamako in AugustMali · 208 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 253 mm rain
- Kati in AugustMali · 211 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 258 mm rain
- Sikasso in AugustMali · 245 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Mopti in AugustMali · 252 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Bougouni in AugustMali · 261 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 261 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 Ségou) is explained once on the Ségou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.