Climate averages 1991–2020

Sikasso weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.3°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 1.5 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Sikasso: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (121 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, about as warm as Sikasso, with 1.3 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Sikasso ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 12th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.0°C; Sikasso is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 36.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 1.9 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sikasso, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Sikasso

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 limits

How 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.