Diré weather in October

In October, Diré sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Diré's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
7th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:10 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
32%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.4
out of 10

Diré is town in Mali.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month.

A typical October day in Diré reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 3°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Diré

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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 October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Diré weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°10.211.17.1
Feb32° / 18°0011.55.2
Mar36° / 22°00.111.92.7
Apr40° / 26°10.212.40.4
May41° / 29°30.912.70.0
Jun41° / 30°82.912.90.0
Jul38° / 28°387.712.91.3
Aug35° / 26°6010.612.52.4
Sep37° / 27°214.712.11.6
Oct38° / 26°41.211.61.4
Nov34° / 21°1011.23.6
Dec30° / 17°0011.16.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Diré gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 11% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1311822236
2331821225
3361921204
4391920194
5411919184
6441918163
7461917153
8481816143
9511815133
10521815123
11551714113
12571713103
1359161393
1463151282
1565141272
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22799831
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24828721
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27876520
28886510
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30905410
31915310

Wind in October

Winds average 13 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:075:58
211.86:075:57
311.86:075:57
411.86:075:56
511.86:085:55
611.86:085:54
711.86:085:54
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — October's 6.27 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Diré

In seasonPeak

In October, Diré sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Diré sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

Dust
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Apr
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Diré?

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

1.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Diré.

What to pack for Diré in October

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

In October, Diré sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Diré in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Diré peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 highMar 20UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Diré in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Diré is worst in February — around 92 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 26 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 992 µg/m³Aug 2226 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan91Unhealthy
Feb92Unhealthy
Mar84Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May67Unhealthy
Jun59Unhealthy
Jul37Poor
Aug26Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct54Poor
Nov55Unhealthy
Dec81Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Diré?

Diré sits at 16.3°N, 3.4°W, 272 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Goundam, 34 km away.

DouentzaBandiagaraMoptiBankassKoroMbera

Topography around Diré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 262 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m.

The land around Diré is covered by bare terrain (28%), grassland (27%) and wetland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
21 m
80 km
286 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
October weather nearby: Goundam 34 km · Timbuktu 71 km · Douentza 147 km · Bandiagara 213 km · Mopti 214 km · Bankass 243 km · Koro 246 km · Mbera 259 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 Diré (16.257°, -3.4013°, elevation 272 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).