Sikasso climate

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Sikasso is warmest in March, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (264 mm) and December the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sikasso averages 915 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Mali · population 349,324 · 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 March 38 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 264 mm
Least cloud January 29 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectSikasso through the year

Sikasso has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 38 °C in March, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 286 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 264 mm against 0 mm in December — 2,399 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.2 °C	2 mm	29 %
February	35.9 °C	2 mm	31 %
March	37.8 °C	8 mm	47 %
April	37.6 °C	31 mm	60 %
May	35.6 °C	66 mm	64 %
June	32.9 °C	92 mm	58 %
July	29.6 °C	177 mm	71 %
August	28.4 °C	264 mm	79 %
September	29.4 °C	186 mm	67 %
October	31.3 °C	81 mm	53 %
November	33.7 °C	7 mm	40 %
December	33.2 °C	under 1 mm	30 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.2 °C	18.1 °C	25.3 °C	38.2 °C	11.8 °C	31	29
February	35.9 °C	20.7 °C	28.1 °C	40.4 °C	15.1 °C	28	28
March	37.8 °C	23.9 °C	30.8 °C	41.1 °C	15.9 °C	31	31
April	37.6 °C	25.7 °C	31.4 °C	42.2 °C	19.5 °C	30	30
May	35.6 °C	25.2 °C	30.0 °C	41.1 °C	21.3 °C	31	31
June	32.9 °C	23.8 °C	27.9 °C	38.6 °C	21.2 °C	30	28
July	29.6 °C	22.4 °C	25.6 °C	35.1 °C	19.9 °C	30	12
August	28.4 °C	21.9 °C	24.7 °C	31.6 °C	20.1 °C	30	3
September	29.4 °C	22.0 °C	25.2 °C	32.7 °C	19.6 °C	30	10
October	31.3 °C	22.5 °C	26.5 °C	36.8 °C	18.3 °C	31	25
November	33.7 °C	20.6 °C	27.1 °C	37.1 °C	15.2 °C	30	30
December	33.2 °C	18.5 °C	25.7 °C	37.1 °C	13.1 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	23 %	15 km/h
February	2 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	20 %	15 km/h
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	28 %	14 km/h
April	31 mm	7	12 h/day	60 %	47 %	15 km/h
May	66 mm	13	13 h/day	64 %	61 %	15 km/h
June	92 mm	16	13 h/day	58 %	71 %	15 km/h
July	177 mm	23	13 h/day	71 %	81 %	14 km/h
August	264 mm	26	13 h/day	79 %	85 %	13 km/h
September	186 mm	22	12 h/day	67 %	85 %	12 km/h
October	81 mm	15	12 h/day	53 %	77 %	11 km/h
November	7 mm	1	12 h/day	40 %	46 %	12 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	30 %	28 %	14 km/h

How Sikasso 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
Sikasso	38 °C	18 °C	915 mm	363
Koutiala · Mali	39 °C	18 °C	682 mm	364
Bobo-Dioulasso · Burkina Faso	38 °C	18 °C	816 mm	363
Korhogo · Ivory Coast	36 °C	18 °C	1,058 mm	362
Ségou · Mali	40 °C	18 °C	507 mm	364
Bamako · Mali	39 °C	18 °C	773 mm	364

Where Sikasso ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in February	16th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	16th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in March	22nd of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	23rd of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	33rd of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in April	36th of 50	38 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sikasso’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sikasso?

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

How hot does Sikasso get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 286 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °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 Sikasso?

August, averaging 264 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 915 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 Sikasso 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
Data point: 11.318°, -5.667° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.