Kayes weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇱 Mali · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Kayes is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with January close behind. Kayes averages about 3,252 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

3,252

Sunniest month

December

Peak score

89/100

Rain / year

709 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

195k

Elevation

50 m

When is the best time to visit Kayes?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kayes is December, then January. The dullest month is April (0/100, 1 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kayes?

Kayes is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,252 hours of sunshine a year. 89 Sunshine Score points separate December (89) from April (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 5 destinations in Mali for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,252 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 83% of the year's 709 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Bamako Mali · 431 km · best in Dec · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Serekunda Gambia · 581 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
• Conakry Guinea · 596 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
• Dakar Senegal · 611 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
• Nouakchott Mauritania · 647 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
• Ouagadougou Burkina Faso · 1,095 km · best in Jan · 3,087 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Bissau Guinea-Bissau · 543 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Ziguinchor Senegal · 570 km · 2,861 h sun/yr · best in Jan