Climate guideThirty-year normals for Markala
Markala climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing9°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation571 mm71 wet days a year
13.68° N, 6.07° WElevation 293 mUTC+0 · Greenwich Mean Time
When to goMarkala · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low36° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Markala has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 40° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 31° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 571 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (185 mm, 20 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in February to 43% in August.
Compared with Bamako, the capital, Markala is 0.6° warmer on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · April
- Coldest nights
- 17° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- February · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 56 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 19 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 31° | 35° | 38° | 40° | 40° | 37° | 33° | 31° | 32° | 36° | 35° | 32° |
| Average low | 17° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 6 mm | 24 mm | 66 mm | 168 mm | 185 mm | 98 mm | 21 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 16.5 | 20.3 | 15.5 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 17% | 18% | 26% | 33% | 29% | 37% | 43% | 37% | 28% | 22% | 24% |
| Daylight | 11h 24 | 11h 42 | 12h 03 | 12h 26 | 12h 45 | 12h 56 | 12h 52 | 12h 35 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 30 | 11h 19 |
| Month score | 74 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 48 | 38 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 69 |
ivMonth by month
Markala in every month
January74
31° / 17°
2 mm · 0 wet days
February59
35° / 20°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March58
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
April57
40° / 26°
6 mm · 0.5 wet day
May48
40° / 28°
24 mm · 3.8 wet days
June38
37° / 27°
66 mm · 8.5 wet days
July30
33° / 24°
168 mm · 16.5 wet days
August37
31° / 23°
185 mm · 20.3 wet days
September34
32° / 24°
98 mm · 15.5 wet days
October46
36° / 24°
21 mm · 5.3 wet days
November58
35° / 21°
1 mm · 0 wet days
December69
32° / 18°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days