Bamako Weather in August
Bamako in August
The short of it: Bamako in August averages a high of 32 °C (89 °F) and a low of 22 °C (72 °F), with 260 mm (10.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 22° · rain 260 mm · daylight 12 h 32 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Bamako an average August high of 32°, a low of 22° and some 260 mm of rain. Bamako's coldest stretch of the year, 32° by day and 22° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 260 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 32 min in mid-August, 16 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Bamako runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Kalaban Koro, 7 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Bamako, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 76 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalaban KoroKoulikoro | 7 km SW | 31° | 22° | 261 mm |
| Sirakoro MéguétanaKoulikoro | 8 km SE | 31° | 22° | 256 mm |
| DialakorodjiKoulikoro | 11 km N | 31° | 22° | 260 mm |
| KabalaKoulikoro | 12 km SW | 31° | 22° | 259 mm |
| SangarébougouKoulikoro | 13 km NE | 31° | 22° | 255 mm |
| MoribabougouKoulikoro | 15 km NE | 31° | 22° | 253 mm |
| KatiKoulikoro | 18 km NW | 30° | 21° | 262 mm |
| SibiKoulikoro | 47 km WSW | 30° | 21° | 270 mm |