Bafoulabé weather in December

In December, Bafoulabé sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of December to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Bafoulabé's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bafoulabé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:04 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
42%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Bafoulabé is city.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical December day in Bafoulabé reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Bafoulabé

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bafoulabé weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°00.111.33.8
Feb37° / 23°0011.52.0
Mar40° / 26°0011.90.3
Apr42° / 28°10.312.30.0
May41° / 30°132.812.60.0
Jun37° / 28°549.412.81.3
Jul33° / 25°14716.412.73.0
Aug31° / 24°25620.812.53.3
Sep32° / 24°1591712.13.4
Oct35° / 24°386.611.73.0
Nov36° / 22°10.311.42.4
Dec35° / 20°00.111.23.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36436
46436
56337
66337
76337
86337
96337
106337
116436
126436
136436
146535
156535
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Bafoulabé gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
188102
28992
38992
49181
59271
69271
79361
89451
99451
109541
119541
129631
139631
149532
159721
169721
179721
189721
199811
209811
219811
229811
239811
249910
2510000
2610000
2710000
2810000
2910000
3010000
3110000

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of December to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:566:10
211.26:566:11
311.26:576:11
411.26:576:11
511.26:586:11
611.26:596:12
711.26:596:12
811.27:006:12
911.27:006:13
1011.27:016:13
1111.27:016:13
1211.27:026:14
1311.27:026:14
1411.27:036:14
1511.27:036:15
1611.27:046:15
1711.27:046:16
1811.27:056:16
1911.27:056:16
2011.27:066:17
2111.27:066:17
2211.27:076:18
2311.27:076:18
2411.27:086:19
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2611.27:096:20
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2911.27:106:21
3011.27:106:22
3111.27:116:22

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.2 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 5.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Bafoulabé

In seasonPeak

None of Bafoulabé's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bafoulabé's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bafoulabé sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in June.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Bafoulabé?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bafoulabé. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bafoulabé in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Bafoulabé sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bafoulabé in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bafoulabé peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 17UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Bafoulabé in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bafoulabé is worst in November — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.8× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyNov 2079 µg/m³Aug 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb59Unhealthy
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May43Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct39Poor
Nov82Unhealthy
Dec67Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bafoulabé?

Bafoulabé sits at 13.8°N, 10.8°W, 82 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Mahina, 80 km away.

KitaSagaloDiémaEl ’AyoûnKédougouNioro

Topography around Bafoulabé

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bafoulabé.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bafoulabé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 99 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m.

The land around Bafoulabé is covered by grassland (37%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and shrubs (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
178 m
80 km
505 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Mahina 80 km · Kayes 97 km · Kita 169 km · Sagalo 179 km · Diéma 195 km · El ’Ayoûn 198 km · Kédougou 202 km · Nioro 207 km

Mali travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,193
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
22.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 408
Religion
Muslim 94%Christian 3%none 3%animist 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bafoulabé (13.8084°, -10.8334°, elevation 82 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).