Mali Weather in August
Mali in August
The short of it: Mali in August averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 340 mm (13.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 17° · rain 340 mm · daylight 12 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & November
August in Mali brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 17°, with about 340 mm of rain over the month. Mali's coldest stretch of the year, 23° by day and 17° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 340 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 31 min in mid-August.
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 January and November.
Against its neighbours, Mali runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Donghol-Sigon, 32 km to the SSE, is 3° warmer by day.
August in Mali, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 53 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donghol-SigonLabé Region | 32 km SSE | 26° | 19° | 341 mm |
| KédougouKedougou | 55 km NNE | 31° | 23° | 298 mm |
| KoubiaLabé Region | 70 km SE | 27° | 19° | 329 mm |
| SalémataKedougou | 83 km NW | 31° | 23° | 310 mm |
| LéloumaLabé Region | 84 km SSW | 25° | 18° | 418 mm |
| LabéLabé Region | 85 km S | 25° | 18° | 374 mm |
| TouguéLabé Region | 99 km SE | 27° | 19° | 324 mm |
| NoumoufoukhaKedougou | 99 km ENE | 31° | 23° | 295 mm |