Climate averages 1991–2020
Ségou weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Ségou: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (145 km away). In October its highs average 32.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Ségou, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Ségou ranks 6th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 34.1°C; Ségou is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Koutiala in OctoberMali · 145 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- San in OctoberMali · 148 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in OctoberMali · 202 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Bamako in OctoberMali · 208 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Kati in OctoberMali · 211 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Sikasso in OctoberMali · 245 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Mopti in OctoberMali · 252 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Bougouni in OctoberMali · 261 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 71 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.