Climate averages 1991–2020
Ségou weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Ségou: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 27.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (145 km away). In May its highs average 37.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Ségou, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Ségou ranks 6th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 39.0°C; Ségou is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Koutiala in MayMali · 145 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 38 mm rain
- San in MayMali · 148 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in MayMali · 202 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Bamako in MayMali · 208 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Kati in MayMali · 211 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Sikasso in MayMali · 245 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Mopti in MayMali · 252 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Bougouni in MayMali · 261 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 61 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.