Koutiala climate

Name: Koutiala
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Koutiala is warmest in April, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (230 mm) and December the driest (0.03 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Koutiala averages 682 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Mali · population 218,031 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 39 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 230 mm
Least cloud February 28 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C

What to expectKoutiala through the year

Koutiala has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 39 °C in April, a swing of 7.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 306 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 230 mm against 0 mm in December — 8,641 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.7 °C	1 mm	31 %
February	35.5 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
March	38.0 °C	2 mm	39 %
April	38.7 °C	14 mm	53 %
May	37.5 °C	38 mm	59 %
June	34.8 °C	61 mm	53 %
July	30.8 °C	157 mm	66 %
August	29.0 °C	230 mm	75 %
September	30.1 °C	137 mm	62 %
October	32.7 °C	40 mm	49 %
November	34.4 °C	2 mm	37 %
December	33.0 °C	under 1 mm	32 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.7 °C	17.8 °C	24.8 °C	38.5 °C	10.8 °C	31	27
February	35.5 °C	20.2 °C	27.5 °C	41.4 °C	13.2 °C	28	28
March	38.0 °C	23.4 °C	30.6 °C	41.7 °C	14.1 °C	31	31
April	38.7 °C	26.0 °C	32.2 °C	43.1 °C	19.8 °C	30	30
May	37.5 °C	26.2 °C	31.4 °C	41.7 °C	20.8 °C	31	31
June	34.8 °C	24.8 °C	29.3 °C	40.3 °C	21.4 °C	30	29
July	30.8 °C	23.0 °C	26.5 °C	37.4 °C	20.9 °C	31	20
August	29.0 °C	22.3 °C	25.2 °C	33.3 °C	20.0 °C	30	7
September	30.1 °C	22.4 °C	25.8 °C	36.7 °C	19.6 °C	30	16
October	32.7 °C	22.8 °C	27.4 °C	37.9 °C	17.6 °C	31	28
November	34.4 °C	20.4 °C	27.2 °C	37.2 °C	14.9 °C	30	30
December	33.0 °C	18.3 °C	25.2 °C	36.7 °C	13.0 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	11 h/day	31 %	20 %	16 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	16 %	16 km/h
March	2 mm	0	12 h/day	39 %	19 %	16 km/h
April	14 mm	3	12 h/day	53 %	35 %	16 km/h
May	38 mm	8	13 h/day	59 %	51 %	17 km/h
June	61 mm	11	13 h/day	53 %	64 %	17 km/h
July	157 mm	19	13 h/day	66 %	78 %	16 km/h
August	230 mm	23	13 h/day	75 %	84 %	15 km/h
September	137 mm	18	12 h/day	62 %	83 %	13 km/h
October	40 mm	8	12 h/day	49 %	69 %	12 km/h
November	2 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	35 %	13 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	32 %	24 %	15 km/h

How Koutiala compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Koutiala	39 °C	18 °C	682 mm	364
Sikasso · Mali	38 °C	18 °C	915 mm	363
Ségou · Mali	40 °C	18 °C	507 mm	364
Bobo-Dioulasso · Burkina Faso	38 °C	18 °C	816 mm	363
Mopti · Mali	41 °C	17 °C	337 mm	364
Bamako · Mali	39 °C	18 °C	773 mm	364

Where Koutiala ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in March	18thof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	18thof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in Africa in November	24thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in April	25thof 50	39 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	26thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa year-round	27thof 50	34 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Koutiala.

QuestionsCommon questions about Koutiala’s climate

When is the best time to visit Koutiala?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, August, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Koutiala get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 306 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Koutiala?

August, averaging 230 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 682 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Koutiala rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.