Best time to visit Mali

Mali is represented here by Bamako (12.6°, -8.0°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 1016 mm of rain a year, and a 8.1°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Mali falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Bamako

Bamako is hottest in April (average 32.8°C) and coolest in January (24.7°C). The monsoon runs June–September.

Open the Bamako page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Bamako: typical hottest-month average 32.8°C and about 1016 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Bamako (November, December, and January).

Bamako in Mali

Bamako sits at 12.61°, -7.98°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. April is the warmest month at 32.8°C (high 40.1°C); January is the coolest at 24.7°C (low 16.1°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 8.1°C.

The monsoon runs from June to September. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are November, December, and January. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 4,227,569. The wettest month is August (296 mm, 30 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is December (0 mm).