Climate averages 1991–2020
Sikasso weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Sikasso: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koutiala (121 km away). In September its highs average 30.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sikasso, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Sikasso ranks joint 11th of 13 for the warmest September highs and joint 11th of 13 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 13 cities is 31.9°C; Sikasso is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 188 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 265 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Koutiala in SeptemberMali · 121 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Banfora in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 125 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 157 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Bougouni in SeptemberMali · 198 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 188 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in SeptemberIvory Coast · 199 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Korhogo in SeptemberIvory Coast · 207 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 188 mm rain
- Houndé in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 235 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 140 mm rain
- San in SeptemberMali · 235 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 107 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.