Mali Weather in August
Mali in August
The short of it: Mali in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 103 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 12° · rain 103 mm · daylight 13 h 27 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & August
August in Mali brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 12°, with about 103 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 103 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 27 min in mid-August, 49 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and August.
Against its neighbours, Mali runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Gaolou, 11 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
August in Mali, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Jan–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h