Climate averages 1991–2020
Timbuktu weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Timbuktu: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mopti (284 km away). In March its highs average 38.2°C, 3.1°C warmer than Timbuktu, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Timbuktu ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 37.9°C; Timbuktu is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mopti in MarchMali · 284 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Gao in MarchMali · 321 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in MarchBurkina Faso · 361 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- San in MarchMali · 437 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kaya in MarchBurkina Faso · 459 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Koudougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 507 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Ségou in MarchMali · 509 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 515 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 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.