Bamako weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Bamako is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with January and October close behind. Bamako averages about 3,087 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in December.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,087
- Sunniest month
- December
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 1,017 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 4.2M
- Elevation
- 373 m
When is the best time to visit Bamako?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bamako is December, then January and October. The dullest month is April (19/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bamako?
Bamako is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,087 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate December (88) from April (19), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 5 destinations in Mali for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,252 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 1,017 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 87 | 33° / 91°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| February | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 18° / 64°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| March | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 7 mm | 10 |
| April | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 26° / 79°F | 23 mm | 11 |
| May | 26 | 39° / 102°F | 26° / 79°F | 61 mm | 10 |
| June | 50 | 35° / 95°F | 24° / 75°F | 145 mm | 9 |
| July | 70 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 229 mm | 9 |
| August | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 296 mm | 9 |
| September | 70 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 191 mm | 10 |
| October | 78 | 33° / 91°F | 22° / 72°F | 60 mm | 10 |
| November | 68 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 9 |
| December | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 0 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ouagadougou Burkina Faso · 699 km · best in Jan · 3,087 h sun/yr
- Conakry Guinea · 700 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
- Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire · 921 km · best in Jan · 1,857 h sun/yr
- Serekunda Gambia · 947 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Kumasi Ghana · 951 km · best in Jan · 1,964 h sun/yr
- Dakar Senegal · 1,014 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso · 422 km · 3,007 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Kayes Mali · 431 km · 3,252 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Korhogo Côte d’Ivoire · 437 km · 2,529 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Mopti Mali · 473 km · 3,235 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bouaké Côte d’Ivoire · 619 km · 2,007 h sun/yr · best in Dec
Head-to-head
How Bamako compares month by month: Bamako vs Abidjan · Bamako vs Ouagadougou · Bamako vs Conakry · all comparisons
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