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Mali climate

Hot semi-arid Sahel. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Bamako · Sikasso · Ségou · Kayes · Mopti · Gao

Browse all 11 cities in Mali

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BWh

Hot desert

5 cities

Gaopop 133k Timbuktupop 84k Kidalpop 40k Ménakapop 14k Taoudennipop 3k

BSh

Hot semi-arid

3 cities

Ségoupop 206k Kayespop 195k Moptipop 186k

Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)

2 cities

Bamakopop 4.2M Koulikoropop 64k

As

Tropical savanna (dry summer)

1 city

Sikassopop 349k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Mali.

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Tropical savanna (dry summer)As

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Climate types in Mali

Mali spans 4 climate types. All climate types:

BWh Hot desert · 5 cities BSh Hot semi-arid · 3 cities Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter) · 2 cities As Tropical savanna (dry summer) · 1 city

Climate records across Mali — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Gao (87.8 °F avg) · Coolest Sikasso (82.4 °F avg) · Wettest Sikasso (46 in/yr) · Driest Taoudenni (1 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Mali sits well between them.