Bamako climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bamako?

Bamako has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 899 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bamako?

The hottest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2024, reaching 43.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bamako?

The coldest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2009, at 10.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bamako?

Almost never: Bamako sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bamako warmed?

Yes: Bamako warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bamako?

The wettest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1954, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bamako?

The windiest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, with winds reaching 35.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bamako?

The warmest month in Bamako is April (31.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bamako?

Bamako receives on average 899 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bamako?

Bamako gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bamako (Mali) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 899 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (31.9 °C on average) and the coldest is December (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Bamako averages 0 frost days, 286 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.

Bamako has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 19 April 2024) and the coldest 10.6 °C (on 21 January 2009).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BamakoBamako

coords: 12.61°, -7.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

33.2°C

Average daily low

22.0°C

Annual rainfall

899mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

14.4km/h

Seasonal range

7.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

286 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

112 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

22.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

279 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.4 °C

19 April 2024

Coldest day

10.6 °C

21 January 2009

Wettest day

123 mm

25 August 1954

Windiest day

35.7 km/h

21 May 1970

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

11 May 2017

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

28 April 2005

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

16 January 1948

Sunniest day

12.7 h

29 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.6 °C5 April 2025	16.5 °C20 January 2025	28.1 °C	970 mm	315
2024	43.4 °C19 April 2024	16.2 °C19 January 2024	28.7 °C	1,125 mm	323
2023	40.9 °C25 April 2023	14.0 °C20 December 2023	28.6 °C	712 mm	341
2022	42.1 °C6 May 2022	15.1 °C27 January 2022	28.1 °C	763 mm	311
2021	42.1 °C8 April 2021	15.6 °C17 January 2021	28.7 °C	644 mm	327
2020	42.7 °C6 April 2020	14.5 °C4 January 2020	28.4 °C	968 mm	315
2019	43.2 °C7 May 2019	13.8 °C23 January 2019	28.3 °C	912 mm	329
2018	41.5 °C25 April 2018	15.0 °C11 December 2018	28.4 °C	803 mm	318
2017	42.2 °C27 March 2017	14.6 °C23 December 2017	28.4 °C	676 mm	330
2016	42.2 °C16 April 2016	15.6 °C3 February 2016	28.4 °C	708 mm	327
2015	41.4 °C29 April 2015	14.1 °C12 December 2015	28.0 °C	758 mm	317
2014	42.1 °C8 May 2014	13.1 °C29 December 2014	28.0 °C	705 mm	322
2013	41.6 °C24 March 2013	11.9 °C6 January 2013	28.1 °C	735 mm	305
2012	41.9 °C7 May 2012	12.7 °C31 December 2012	27.6 °C	773 mm	296
2011	40.7 °C26 March 2011	13.3 °C19 December 2011	28.0 °C	658 mm	321
2010	41.5 °C7 April 2010	13.8 °C12 December 2010	28.4 °C	940 mm	320
2009	41.2 °C2 May 2009	10.6 °C21 January 2009	27.9 °C	836 mm	313
2008	40.9 °C3 May 2008	13.3 °C9 January 2008	27.4 °C	815 mm	285
2007	41.8 °C11 April 2007	15.1 °C31 December 2007	28.0 °C	684 mm	301
2006	42.4 °C12 April 2006	14.0 °C28 December 2006	27.6 °C	685 mm	322
2005	41.8 °C1 May 2005	15.9 °C3 January 2005	28.2 °C	669 mm	315
2004	41.7 °C27 March 2004	16.2 °C5 March 2004	28.3 °C	644 mm	324
2003	41.2 °C1 April 2003	15.0 °C3 January 2003	28.0 °C	871 mm	293
2002	41.9 °C14 May 2002	15.2 °C19 December 2002	28.1 °C	825 mm	315
2001	41.6 °C30 April 2001	14.9 °C29 January 2001	27.8 °C	678 mm	304
2000	39.8 °C6 April 2000	14.9 °C18 December 2000	27.1 °C	710 mm	272
1999	40.2 °C11 April 1999	12.7 °C20 December 1999	27.0 °C	928 mm	242
1998	42.2 °C19 April 1998	14.6 °C22 December 1998	28.0 °C	834 mm	294
1997	39.2 °C23 March 1997	15.1 °C30 December 1997	27.4 °C	735 mm	289
1996	40.7 °C1 May 1996	15.2 °C13 January 1996	27.7 °C	790 mm	292
1995	40.9 °C13 April 1995	12.2 °C11 January 1995	27.2 °C	836 mm	271
1994	41.8 °C20 April 1994	15.1 °C17 January 1994	27.1 °C	1,169 mm	277
1993	41.3 °C16 May 1993	14.6 °C31 December 1993	27.9 °C	804 mm	309
1992	41.1 °C17 April 1992	14.9 °C8 January 1992	27.3 °C	873 mm	293
1991	41.2 °C25 April 1991	15.1 °C24 December 1991	27.6 °C	959 mm	294
1990	40.3 °C22 April 1990	13.5 °C24 January 1990	27.5 °C	794 mm	293
1989	40.1 °C9 April 1989	13.3 °C7 January 1989	27.3 °C	974 mm	292
1988	41.8 °C7 April 1988	11.1 °C12 December 1988	27.4 °C	984 mm	258
1987	42.1 °C21 May 1987	14.7 °C28 December 1987	28.0 °C	894 mm	320
1986	41.1 °C16 April 1986	11.9 °C13 January 1986	26.8 °C	997 mm	261
1985	40.5 °C24 May 1985	12.4 °C14 December 1985	27.3 °C	996 mm	256
1984	40.4 °C6 March 1984	14.3 °C9 January 1984	27.4 °C	865 mm	293
1983	41.5 °C27 March 1983	14.2 °C8 January 1983	28.0 °C	711 mm	312
1982	40.2 °C27 March 1982	11.8 °C7 December 1982	27.1 °C	798 mm	286
1981	41.7 °C11 April 1981	14.5 °C3 January 1981	27.6 °C	878 mm	300
1980	41.4 °C12 May 1980	11.6 °C20 December 1980	28.0 °C	915 mm	303
1979	40.9 °C15 April 1979	15.3 °C2 March 1979	27.1 °C	1,112 mm	274
1978	39.7 °C23 April 1978	14.7 °C16 December 1978	27.0 °C	1,132 mm	298
1977	40.1 °C9 April 1977	12.8 °C29 December 1977	27.1 °C	915 mm	295
1976	39.1 °C22 April 1976	13.3 °C12 January 1976	26.2 °C	957 mm	242
1975	40.2 °C2 June 1975	13.2 °C23 January 1975	26.5 °C	987 mm	248
1974	40.1 °C26 April 1974	14.0 °C6 December 1974	26.5 °C	1,136 mm	239
1973	41.7 °C27 April 1973	12.2 °C14 December 1973	27.2 °C	967 mm	283
1972	40.5 °C23 March 1972	14.9 °C3 January 1972	27.0 °C	919 mm	304
1971	40.6 °C11 May 1971	12.5 °C14 January 1971	27.0 °C	944 mm	283
1970	41.0 °C12 May 1970	12.3 °C27 January 1970	26.9 °C	990 mm	299
1969	41.3 °C4 May 1969	12.5 °C7 December 1969	27.2 °C	1,097 mm	280
1968	39.6 °C5 April 1968	11.6 °C20 January 1968	26.9 °C	911 mm	304
1967	40.7 °C5 April 1967	12.0 °C23 December 1967	26.5 °C	1,254 mm	268
1966	40.2 °C17 April 1966	11.5 °C4 January 1966	26.8 °C	930 mm	295
1965	40.3 °C5 May 1965	10.9 °C15 January 1965	26.5 °C	1,036 mm	271
1964	40.8 °C14 March 1964	14.4 °C17 January 1964	26.9 °C	909 mm	278
1963	40.2 °C15 June 1963	12.9 °C7 December 1963	27.1 °C	892 mm	295
1962	40.2 °C20 May 1962	12.6 °C6 January 1962	26.6 °C	1,071 mm	272
1961	40.5 °C19 May 1961	12.0 °C30 January 1961	26.7 °C	947 mm	279
1960	40.2 °C21 April 1960	11.6 °C28 December 1960	26.8 °C	891 mm	276
1959	40.7 °C14 April 1959	11.8 °C1 January 1959	26.5 °C	906 mm	263
1958	39.9 °C22 May 1958	12.3 °C30 December 1958	27.0 °C	986 mm	248
1957	39.8 °C17 April 1957	11.2 °C11 January 1957	26.1 °C	1,214 mm	252
1956	40.6 °C2 May 1956	12.0 °C1 January 1956	26.1 °C	1,138 mm	239
1955	39.6 °C20 April 1955	13.2 °C31 December 1955	25.8 °C	956 mm	242
1954	41.0 °C13 April 1954	13.8 °C16 December 1954	26.1 °C	1,258 mm	243
1953	40.6 °C1 May 1953	13.9 °C2 February 1953	26.4 °C	817 mm	252
1952	40.0 °C6 May 1952	12.2 °C10 January 1952	26.0 °C	1,004 mm	242
1951	39.9 °C17 March 1951	13.6 °C12 December 1951	26.1 °C	1,235 mm	240
1950	40.7 °C10 April 1950	13.0 °C15 January 1950	26.2 °C	1,094 mm	254
1949	41.5 °C7 May 1949	13.2 °C1 January 1949	27.1 °C	791 mm	289
1948	39.3 °C5 April 1948	10.9 °C16 January 1948	25.7 °C	1,039 mm	234
1947	41.1 °C22 April 1947	12.5 °C1 January 1947	26.4 °C	1,030 mm	238
1946	41.0 °C8 May 1946	12.2 °C28 December 1946	26.4 °C	809 mm	254
1945	40.0 °C11 April 1945	13.2 °C31 December 1945	26.0 °C	931 mm	254
1944	40.9 °C24 May 1944	12.1 °C19 December 1944	26.4 °C	1,088 mm	250
1943	41.0 °C19 April 1943	13.3 °C22 December 1943	25.4 °C	951 mm	216
1942	42.5 °C14 May 1942	13.3 °C27 January 1942	26.9 °C	848 mm	250
1941	42.6 °C14 May 1941	15.7 °C1 January 1941	28.1 °C	539 mm	314
1940	40.8 °C12 April 1940	15.2 °C30 December 1940	27.1 °C	656 mm	301

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.0 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

315 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

970 mm

+71 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.5 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	34.7 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	38.8 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Apr	39.2 °C	+1.1 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
May	37.0 °C	-0.1 °C	11 mm	-27 mm
Jun	34.8 °C	+1.4 °C	79 mm	-35 mm
Jul	30.2 °C	+0.4 °C	298 mm	+77 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+0.7 °C	363 mm	+94 mm
Sep	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	191 mm	+14 mm
Oct	34.1 °C	+2.1 °C	22 mm	-39 mm
Nov	34.7 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Dec	32.1 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	+0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.6 °C

5 Apr 2025

Coldest day

16.5 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

78.2 mm

1 Aug 2025

Windiest day

25.3 km/h

12 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

12 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

29 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bamako?

Bamako has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 899 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bamako?

The hottest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2024, reaching 43.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bamako?

The coldest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2009, at 10.6 °C.

Does it snow in Bamako?

Almost never: Bamako sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bamako warmed?

Yes: Bamako warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bamako?

The wettest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1954, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bamako?

The windiest day measured in Bamako between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, with winds reaching 35.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bamako?

The warmest month in Bamako is April (31.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bamako?

Bamako receives on average 899 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bamako?

Bamako gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bamako?

Yes: Bamako has on average 279 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bamako?

In Bamako, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 28 April 2005, and the lowest was 6.2 °C on 16 January 1948.

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