Climate and average weather in Kalaban Koro

In Kalaban Koro, the summers are sweltering, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: early January to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kalaban Koro typically varies from 18°C to 39°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 41°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Kalaban Koro for warm-weather activities are from early January to late January and early December to late December.

Hottest
Apr
39°
Coldest
Aug
23°
Wettest
Aug
253 mm
Driest
Dec
0 mm
Rain / yr
799 mm
101 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
331 m
12.6°N
Clearest
Feb
29% cloud

Kalaban Koro weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Kalaban Koro, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.9 months, from March 1 to May 27, with daily high temperatures above 36°C. The hottest month of the year in Kalaban Koro is April, with an average high of 39°C and low of 27°C.

The cool season lasts 2.8 months, from July 6 to September 27, with daily high temperatures below 31°C. The coldest month of the year in Kalaban Koro is August, with an average low of 23°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in December.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3218
Feb3521
Mar3824
Apr3927
May3727
Jun3425
Jul3023
Aug2923
Sep3023
Oct3323
Nov3420
Dec3218

How hot and cold Kalaban Koro really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Kalaban Koro feels like about 40°C (around May 17). About 342 days a year carry some heat stress, and 47 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan32321818
Feb35352121
Mar37382424
Apr39392727
May40372727
Jun38342525
Jul34302323
Aug33292323
Sep34302323
Oct36332323
Nov34342020
Dec32321818

Average hourly temperature in Kalaban Koro

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 39°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 23°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Kalaban Koro weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°20.211.35.2
Feb35° / 21°10.111.63.4
Mar38° / 24°20.611.91.6
Apr39° / 27°72.212.30.8
May37° / 27°327.412.61.4
Jun34° / 25°9214.312.72.7
Jul30° / 23°19822.112.73.4
Aug29° / 23°25324.312.43.5
Sep30° / 23°16420.412.13.6
Oct33° / 23°499.311.73.7
Nov34° / 20°20.411.43.7
Dec32° / 18°0011.34.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Kalaban Koro gets about 799 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.0 months, from around May 19 to Oct 17, peaking in August at about 80% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 24.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 253 mm over about 24 wet days; December is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 7 · 80%Jan 24 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan00
Feb10
Mar21
Apr82
May257
Jun4714
Jul7122
Aug7824
Sep6620
Oct309
Nov20
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kalaban Koro collects about 799 mm of rain across 101 wet days — roughly 67 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 253 mm, while December is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 77% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec212732921982531644920
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan20
Feb10
Mar21
Apr72
May327
Jun9214
Jul19822
Aug25324
Sep16420
Oct499
Nov20
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Kalaban Koro, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 22 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around April 29. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 81% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 30 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 21. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 80% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 27 · 82%Aug 12 · 19%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7624
Feb8119
Mar7624
Apr6535
May5347
Jun5446
Jul3466
Aug2080
Sep4060
Oct5743
Nov6931
Dec7426

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 26, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.37:016:21
Feb11.66:596:34
Mar11.96:446:39
Apr12.36:246:41
May12.66:116:46
Jun12.76:106:54
Jul12.76:186:58
Aug12.46:246:49
Sep12.16:246:29
Oct11.76:266:09
Nov11.46:356:00
Dec11.36:506:06

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Kalaban Koro averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Oct 22 to Apr 25. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 20 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 2 sunny days — about 92% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 2421 daysAug 91 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan19Bright
Feb19Bright
Mar18Bright
Apr14Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul4Gloomy
Aug2Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct13Mixed
Nov16Bright
Dec18Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Kalaban Koro, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around April 21 to November 4. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 5 to April 20, and December is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 17 · 100%Jun 17 · 0%comfortabledryoppressivemuggyhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9910000
Feb9621000
Mar8387200
Apr4015222120
May561645280
Jun00216793
Jul0001964
Aug0000973
Sep0000946
Oct32816664
Nov6113111050
Dec9730000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Kalaban Koro is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.2 months, from around Nov 20 to Jun 25. The windiest month is February, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 26 to Nov 19, with September the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 4 · 12 km/hSep 21 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb11calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct7calm
Nov9calm
Dec11calm

Hazard calendar for Kalaban Koro

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

Kalaban Koro sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in June.

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

Best time to visit Kalaban Koro

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Kalaban Koro throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late January, Kalaban Koro is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kalaban Koro for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to early February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 4 · 5.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.1fair
Feb3.4poor
Mar1.6poor
Apr0.8poor
May1.4poor
Jun2.7poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.5poor
Sep3.6fair
Oct3.7fair
Nov3.8fair
Dec4.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kalaban Koro for hot-weather activities is from late October to late February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 3 · 8.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Kalaban Koro, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 39°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 29°C), pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Kalaban Koro sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Kalaban Koro by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kalaban Koro peaks around March 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 14Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Kalaban Koro

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan74.5
Feb7.55.5
Mar86.5
Apr86
May8.56.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.53.5

Air quality in Kalaban Koro by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Kalaban Koro is worst in February — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 2166 µg/m³Aug 1418 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar66Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May36Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct44Poor
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec59Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Kalaban Koro is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Kalaban Koro banks about 6,607 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan471
Feb501
Mar646
Apr679
May682
Jun580
Jul519
Aug497
Sep494
Oct547
Nov516
Dec477

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Kalaban Koro receives about 5.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.7 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around Jan 31 to Jun 28. The brightest month is March, averaging about 6.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.8 kWh/m² — roughly 29% less than the March peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 316.9 kWhAug 134.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.7Bright
Feb6.3Intense
Mar6.8Intense
Apr6.8Intense
May6.5Intense
Jun6.3Intense
Jul5.3Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct5.9Bright
Nov5.9Bright
Dec5.5Bright

Where is Kalaban Koro?

Kalaban Koro sits at 12.6°N, 8.0°W, 331 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Kabala, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Kalaban Koro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalaban Koro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 337 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m.

The land around Kalaban Koro is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (34%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (45%), grassland (25%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
296 m
80 km
424 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Kabala 5.0 km · Bamako 7.0 km · Sirakoro Méguétana 12 km · Dialakorodji 16 km · Kati 20 km · Sangarébougou 20 km · Moribabougou 22 km · Sibi 40 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 Kalaban Koro (12.5733°, -8.0291°, elevation 331 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).