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MaliSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Tenakourou
749 mMali / Burkina Faso border
Elevation749 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation–to a higher summit
Summit, Jul27°average high
10.75° N, 5.42° WElevation 749 mUTC+0 · Greenwich Mean Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit749 m
- Mid-mountain560 m
- Valley · Sindou370 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Tenakourou in brief
Mount Tenakourou rises to 749 m, Mali.
At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 35°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The summit lies on the border between Mali and Burkina Faso, so it appears in the mountain lists of both countries.
The nearest town in the atlas is Sindou, 29 km to the E at 370 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 749 m · 2,457 ft
- Country
- Mali
- Coordinates
- 10.7500, -5.4167
- Nearest airport
- Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY) · 127 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Mount Tenakourou by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 31° | 34° | 35° | 34° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 31° |
| Average low | 18° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 5 mm | 20 mm | 76 mm | 113 mm | 181 mm | 262 mm | 330 mm | 241 mm | 101 mm | 7 mm | 0 mm |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 18% | 31% | 44% | 46% | 38% | 49% | 57% | 45% | 32% | 23% | 18% |
| Daylight | 11h 34 | 11h 47 | 12h 03 | 12h 22 | 12h 37 | 12h 45 | 12h 42 | 12h 29 | 12h 11 | 11h 54 | 11h 38 | 11h 30 |
| Month score | 73 | 62 | 52 | 34 | 31 | 44 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 74 | 75 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 4,550 m | 4,900 m | 5,100 m | 5,150 m | 4,950 m | 4,650 m | 4,400 m | 4,300 m | 4,350 m | 4,500 m | 4,550 m | 4,550 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Mount Tenakourou in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of MaliPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kourountouin | 582 m | – | 4.1 km E | 28° |
| Mpogona Kourou | 422 m | – | 20 km SE | 29° |
| Kanhozi | 408 m | – | 23 km SE | 29° |
| Lafala Kourou | 407 m | – | 23 km SE | 29° |
| Nianbogo Kourou | 338 m | – | 12 km S | 29° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
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Sindou
Cascades Region · 29 km E
31°Oct high
16wet days
43score