Mopti weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇱 Mali · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Mopti is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with December close behind. Mopti averages about 3,235 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,235

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

594 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

186k

Elevation

271 m

When is the best time to visit Mopti?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Mopti is January, then December. The dullest month is May (9/100, 21 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Mopti?

Mopti is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,235 hours of sunshine a year. 89 Sunshine Score points separate January (98) from May (9), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 5 destinations in Mali for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,252 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 79% of the year's 594 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Ouagadougou Burkina Faso · 367 km · best in Jan · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Bamako Mali · 473 km · best in Dec · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Niamey Niger · 685 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr
• Kumasi Ghana · 909 km · best in Jan · 1,964 h sun/yr
• Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire · 1,029 km · best in Jan · 1,857 h sun/yr
• Accra Ghana · 1,079 km · best in Jan · 2,134 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Timbuktu Mali · 272 km · 3,597 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso · 374 km · 3,007 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Gao Mali · 478 km · 3,612 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Korhogo Côte d’Ivoire · 592 km · 2,529 h sun/yr · best in Nov