Climate averages 1991–2020
Timbuktu weather
in July.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Timbuktu: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 27.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mopti (284 km away). In July its highs average 35.1°C, 3.4°C cooler than Timbuktu, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Timbuktu ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 13 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 13 cities is 32.5°C; Timbuktu is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Timbuktu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| February | 31.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 40.9°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| June | 41.2°C28.4°C | 28.4°C | 5.2 | 2.2 | 13.113 h |
| July, selected | 38.5°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 25 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 36.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 47 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 38.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 29.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.111 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
July in nearby cities
- Mopti in JulyMali · 284 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Gao in JulyMali · 321 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 27.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JulyBurkina Faso · 361 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 108 mm rain
- San in JulyMali · 437 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Kaya in JulyBurkina Faso · 459 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Koudougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 507 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Ségou in JulyMali · 509 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 126 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 515 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 122 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 Timbuktu) is explained once on the Timbuktu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.