Mopti climate

Name: Mopti
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Mopti is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. August is the wettest month (143 mm) and December the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mopti averages 337 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Mali · population 186,187 · 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 May 41 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 143 mm
Least cloud February 27 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record January 10 °C

What to expectMopti through the year

Mopti has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 41 °C in May, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 345 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 143 mm against 0 mm in December — 3,901 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.8 °C	1 mm	35 %
February	34.8 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
March	38.1 °C	under 1 mm	32 %
April	40.4 °C	4 mm	41 %
May	40.8 °C	7 mm	46 %
June	39.0 °C	25 mm	42 %
July	35.1 °C	81 mm	52 %
August	32.2 °C	143 mm	63 %
September	34.4 °C	65 mm	51 %
October	37.6 °C	11 mm	39 %
November	36.2 °C	under 1 mm	35 %
December	33.0 °C	under 1 mm	35 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.8 °C	17.0 °C	23.9 °C	38.6 °C	10.2 °C	30	23
February	34.8 °C	19.3 °C	26.6 °C	41.8 °C	10.6 °C	28	26
March	38.1 °C	22.8 °C	30.3 °C	43.2 °C	13.7 °C	31	31
April	40.4 °C	26.3 °C	33.4 °C	44.6 °C	18.6 °C	30	30
May	40.8 °C	28.4 °C	34.6 °C	44.9 °C	21.6 °C	31	31
June	39.0 °C	28.1 °C	33.2 °C	44.5 °C	23.1 °C	30	30
July	35.1 °C	25.8 °C	30.0 °C	42.4 °C	22.1 °C	31	30
August	32.2 °C	24.3 °C	27.9 °C	38.6 °C	21.9 °C	31	27
September	34.4 °C	24.8 °C	29.2 °C	42.5 °C	21.8 °C	30	29
October	37.6 °C	25.1 °C	31.1 °C	41.4 °C	19.4 °C	31	31
November	36.2 °C	21.6 °C	28.5 °C	39.6 °C	15.5 °C	30	30
December	33.0 °C	18.2 °C	25.1 °C	38.6 °C	11.8 °C	31	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	11 h/day	35 %	18 %	19 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	27 %	14 %	20 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	13 %	20 km/h
April	4 mm	1	12 h/day	41 %	19 %	19 km/h
May	7 mm	2	13 h/day	46 %	30 %	19 km/h
June	25 mm	6	13 h/day	42 %	45 %	20 km/h
July	81 mm	13	13 h/day	52 %	62 %	19 km/h
August	143 mm	16	13 h/day	63 %	74 %	17 km/h
September	65 mm	10	12 h/day	51 %	67 %	16 km/h
October	11 mm	2	12 h/day	39 %	41 %	15 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	35 %	22 %	17 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	35 %	20 %	18 km/h

How Mopti 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
Mopti	41 °C	17 °C	337 mm	364
Ségou · Mali	40 °C	18 °C	507 mm	364
Koutiala · Mali	39 °C	18 °C	682 mm	364
Koudougou · Burkina Faso	39 °C	19 °C	609 mm	364
Bobo-Dioulasso · Burkina Faso	38 °C	18 °C	816 mm	363
Ouagadougou · Burkina Faso	39 °C	18 °C	553 mm	365

Where Mopti ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in May	3rdof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in Africa in October	4thof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in October	4thof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in Africa year-round	7thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world year-round	7thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in November	8thof 50	36 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mopti’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mopti?

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

How hot does Mopti get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 345 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mopti?

August, averaging 143 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 337 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 Mopti 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.