Ségou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ségou?

Ségou has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 577 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2024, reaching 45.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ségou?

The coldest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1948, at 9.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ségou?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ségou warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ségou?

The wettest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 2003, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ségou?

The windiest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2015, with winds reaching 31.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ségou?

The warmest month in Ségou is May (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ségou?

Ségou receives on average 577 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ségou?

Ségou gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ségou (Mali) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 577 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 May (33.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Ségou averages 0 frost days, 320 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.

Ségou 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 45.2 °C (on 30 May 2024) and the coldest 9.9 °C (on 17 January 1948).

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

SégouSégou

coords: 13.44°, -6.26°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.3°C

Average daily high

34.4°C

Average daily low

22.9°C

Annual rainfall

577mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

46%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

9.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

320 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

81 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.8 °C

Average feels-like low

23.1 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

284 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

45.2 °C

30 May 2024

Coldest day

9.9 °C

17 January 1948

Wettest day

168 mm

2 September 2003

Windiest day

31.7 km/h

3 June 2015

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

25 June 1986

Hottest feels-like

48.1 °C

11 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

6.5 °C

16 January 1948

Sunniest day

12.8 h

13 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.8 °C25 April 2025	15.7 °C20 January 2025	29.0 °C	445 mm	332
2024	45.2 °C30 May 2024	15.6 °C19 January 2024	29.7 °C	663 mm	347
2023	42.5 °C27 May 2023	14.0 °C29 January 2023	29.3 °C	409 mm	348
2022	43.0 °C7 May 2022	14.7 °C27 January 2022	29.0 °C	557 mm	340
2021	42.8 °C13 May 2021	15.6 °C30 December 2021	29.7 °C	339 mm	346
2020	43.2 °C17 April 2020	14.6 °C4 January 2020	29.2 °C	567 mm	339
2019	43.5 °C6 May 2019	12.0 °C23 January 2019	29.1 °C	535 mm	337
2018	42.4 °C14 May 2018	13.0 °C15 January 2018	28.9 °C	543 mm	336
2017	43.1 °C7 May 2017	13.8 °C14 January 2017	29.3 °C	423 mm	335
2016	43.9 °C13 May 2016	14.3 °C3 February 2016	29.2 °C	568 mm	337
2015	42.5 °C1 May 2015	14.8 °C1 January 2015	29.1 °C	439 mm	335
2014	42.6 °C7 May 2014	13.2 °C29 December 2014	28.8 °C	355 mm	336
2013	41.7 °C9 May 2013	12.7 °C7 January 2013	28.9 °C	535 mm	331
2012	43.1 °C7 May 2012	13.8 °C1 January 2012	28.5 °C	511 mm	325
2011	43.0 °C4 May 2011	13.7 °C31 December 2011	29.0 °C	406 mm	340
2010	42.4 °C7 April 2010	13.5 °C12 December 2010	29.4 °C	580 mm	340
2009	43.2 °C10 June 2009	11.3 °C21 January 2009	28.9 °C	455 mm	329
2008	43.0 °C3 May 2008	12.3 °C7 January 2008	28.5 °C	659 mm	319
2007	43.4 °C10 June 2007	14.5 °C6 December 2007	28.7 °C	408 mm	317
2006	42.1 °C12 April 2006	13.8 °C28 December 2006	28.4 °C	455 mm	327
2005	42.6 °C28 April 2005	15.3 °C3 January 2005	29.3 °C	448 mm	334
2004	42.1 °C8 May 2004	15.5 °C5 March 2004	29.4 °C	347 mm	346
2003	43.2 °C27 April 2003	15.2 °C3 January 2003	29.0 °C	706 mm	321
2002	42.5 °C16 May 2002	14.9 °C29 December 2002	29.1 °C	439 mm	341
2001	42.2 °C14 May 2001	15.4 °C30 January 2001	28.9 °C	372 mm	337
2000	42.1 °C15 April 2000	15.5 °C3 February 2000	28.7 °C	491 mm	331
1999	41.9 °C23 April 1999	12.9 °C7 February 1999	28.0 °C	565 mm	285
1998	43.3 °C18 April 1998	14.8 °C22 January 1998	28.9 °C	664 mm	324
1997	40.3 °C12 May 1997	15.7 °C29 December 1997	28.6 °C	433 mm	335
1996	41.2 °C13 May 1996	13.6 °C13 January 1996	28.7 °C	494 mm	336
1995	42.1 °C14 April 1995	11.4 °C11 January 1995	28.2 °C	562 mm	294
1994	42.7 °C26 April 1994	13.9 °C19 December 1994	27.8 °C	745 mm	295
1993	43.6 °C16 May 1993	14.2 °C31 December 1993	29.2 °C	444 mm	334
1992	41.4 °C20 October 1992	15.4 °C8 January 1992	28.4 °C	540 mm	327
1991	42.6 °C25 April 1991	15.6 °C5 January 1991	28.8 °C	492 mm	328
1990	42.7 °C15 May 1990	14.0 °C24 January 1990	29.2 °C	456 mm	330
1989	41.7 °C30 May 1989	13.5 °C4 January 1989	28.5 °C	599 mm	330
1988	43.3 °C30 May 1988	12.0 °C12 December 1988	28.6 °C	661 mm	296
1987	44.2 °C21 May 1987	14.7 °C28 December 1987	29.8 °C	502 mm	346
1986	41.8 °C20 April 1986	11.7 °C21 January 1986	28.2 °C	642 mm	310
1985	41.9 °C26 May 1985	12.8 °C15 December 1985	28.3 °C	582 mm	299
1984	42.4 °C20 March 1984	13.3 °C8 January 1984	28.8 °C	548 mm	325
1983	42.6 °C9 May 1983	13.3 °C31 December 1983	29.2 °C	388 mm	332
1982	41.3 °C22 May 1982	12.1 °C7 December 1982	28.4 °C	431 mm	327
1981	42.6 °C11 April 1981	13.8 °C3 January 1981	28.9 °C	504 mm	327
1980	43.2 °C12 May 1980	11.5 °C20 December 1980	29.4 °C	539 mm	333
1979	42.0 °C6 May 1979	14.8 °C2 March 1979	28.0 °C	685 mm	320
1978	42.2 °C21 May 1978	14.1 °C16 December 1978	28.3 °C	743 mm	328
1977	42.1 °C7 April 1977	11.8 °C29 December 1977	28.6 °C	411 mm	338
1976	40.8 °C7 April 1976	12.5 °C12 January 1976	27.2 °C	653 mm	300
1975	42.6 °C2 June 1975	13.0 °C14 January 1975	27.4 °C	696 mm	291
1974	41.8 °C28 May 1974	14.0 °C18 December 1974	27.7 °C	687 mm	275
1973	44.5 °C27 April 1973	12.6 °C14 December 1973	28.7 °C	536 mm	320
1972	42.3 °C21 May 1972	13.8 °C3 January 1972	28.2 °C	610 mm	339
1971	42.1 °C6 May 1971	12.3 °C15 January 1971	28.0 °C	664 mm	322
1970	42.8 °C14 May 1970	12.9 °C5 December 1970	28.3 °C	676 mm	340
1969	43.0 °C3 May 1969	14.6 °C8 December 1969	28.4 °C	768 mm	325
1968	42.0 °C5 April 1968	10.7 °C20 January 1968	28.1 °C	701 mm	332
1967	42.9 °C6 June 1967	12.1 °C22 December 1967	27.6 °C	708 mm	302
1966	43.3 °C6 May 1966	10.6 °C4 January 1966	28.2 °C	621 mm	341
1965	42.3 °C5 May 1965	11.6 °C15 January 1965	27.4 °C	662 mm	313
1964	41.7 °C11 March 1964	13.0 °C17 January 1964	27.7 °C	717 mm	316
1963	42.6 °C2 June 1963	10.1 °C11 January 1963	27.9 °C	549 mm	340
1962	42.6 °C20 May 1962	11.4 °C6 January 1962	27.6 °C	707 mm	310
1961	43.3 °C19 May 1961	11.1 °C25 December 1961	27.9 °C	475 mm	326
1960	41.8 °C21 April 1960	12.0 °C28 December 1960	28.0 °C	590 mm	318
1959	41.6 °C16 April 1959	12.2 °C1 January 1959	27.5 °C	584 mm	302
1958	40.6 °C28 March 1958	12.5 °C30 December 1958	27.9 °C	754 mm	302
1957	40.6 °C12 May 1957	10.9 °C14 January 1957	26.9 °C	779 mm	286
1956	41.8 °C2 May 1956	11.4 °C1 January 1956	27.1 °C	740 mm	284
1955	41.4 °C20 April 1955	13.0 °C31 December 1955	27.0 °C	764 mm	304
1954	41.9 °C13 April 1954	13.5 °C1 January 1954	27.1 °C	684 mm	288
1953	41.3 °C29 April 1953	12.5 °C30 December 1953	27.5 °C	582 mm	313
1952	41.4 °C13 May 1952	12.0 °C10 January 1952	26.7 °C	765 mm	288
1951	41.6 °C29 April 1951	13.5 °C15 December 1951	27.2 °C	889 mm	313
1950	41.5 °C8 April 1950	13.0 °C15 January 1950	26.8 °C	788 mm	286
1949	42.1 °C11 May 1949	12.7 °C1 January 1949	28.1 °C	507 mm	327
1948	40.9 °C20 May 1948	9.9 °C17 January 1948	26.5 °C	705 mm	291
1947	42.2 °C27 May 1947	12.3 °C1 January 1947	27.0 °C	972 mm	269
1946	42.2 °C8 May 1946	11.7 °C29 December 1946	27.5 °C	423 mm	302
1945	41.6 °C10 June 1945	12.9 °C31 December 1945	26.7 °C	719 mm	283
1944	43.0 °C29 May 1944	11.7 °C19 December 1944	27.5 °C	923 mm	293
1943	41.7 °C19 April 1943	12.2 °C6 January 1943	26.3 °C	596 mm	275
1942	43.4 °C12 June 1942	12.7 °C27 January 1942	27.6 °C	518 mm	287
1941	42.8 °C14 May 1941	13.9 °C2 January 1941	29.2 °C	298 mm	348
1940	41.4 °C26 June 1940	13.9 °C2 February 1940	28.3 °C	336 mm	346

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

332 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

445 mm

-132 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.5 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	34.1 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	39.6 °C	+2.3 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Apr	40.5 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
May	39.0 °C	0.0 °C	3 mm	-16 mm
Jun	37.0 °C	+0.6 °C	26 mm	-25 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	+0.5 °C	98 mm	-49 mm
Aug	30.8 °C	+0.4 °C	185 mm	-12 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+0.6 °C	111 mm	-11 mm
Oct	36.5 °C	+1.7 °C	15 mm	-15 mm
Nov	36.5 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	32.1 °C	+0.5 °C	3 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.8 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest day

15.7 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

30.6 mm

29 Aug 2025

Windiest day

26.0 km/h

23 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

23 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

20 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

18 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ségou?

Ségou has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 577 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ségou?

The hottest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2024, reaching 45.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ségou?

The coldest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1948, at 9.9 °C.

Does it snow in Ségou?

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

Has the climate of Ségou warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ségou?

The wettest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 2003, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ségou?

The windiest day measured in Ségou between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2015, with winds reaching 31.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ségou?

The warmest month in Ségou is May (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Ségou?

Ségou receives on average 577 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ségou?

Ségou gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ségou?

Yes: Ségou has on average 284 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ségou?

In Ségou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.1 °C on 11 May 2024, and the lowest was 6.5 °C on 16 January 1948.

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