Climate averages 1991–2020
Ségou weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ségou: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (145 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ségou, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Ségou ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.0°C; Ségou is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.4 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Koutiala in JanuaryMali · 145 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- San in JanuaryMali · 148 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in JanuaryMali · 202 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Bamako in JanuaryMali · 208 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Kati in JanuaryMali · 211 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Sikasso in JanuaryMali · 245 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Mopti in JanuaryMali · 252 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Bougouni in JanuaryMali · 261 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.0 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.