Climate averages 1991–2020
Sikasso 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 Sikasso: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (121 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sikasso, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Sikasso ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 30.7°C; Sikasso is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 188 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
Sikasso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| February | 36.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.7 | 2.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 31 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 35.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 69 | 13.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 94 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 185 | 23.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 265 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 188 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 86 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 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 · 121 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Banfora in AugustBurkina Faso · 125 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AugustBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Bougouni in AugustMali · 198 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 261 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in AugustIvory Coast · 199 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 205 mm rain
- Korhogo in AugustIvory Coast · 207 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 244 mm rain
- Houndé in AugustBurkina Faso · 235 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 223 mm rain
- San in AugustMali · 235 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 196 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 Sikasso) is explained once on the Sikasso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.