Kayes weather in January

In January, Kayes sees average daytime highs of 33°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 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kayes's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kayes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:18 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Kayes is city in Mali.

Founded: 1880

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kayes reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	33	19
4	33	19
5	33	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	34	20
23	34	20
24	34	20
25	34	20
26	34	20
27	34	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	21
31	34	21

How January really feels in Kayes

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Kayes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 20°	0	0.1	11.2	4.3
Feb	36° / 22°	0	0	11.5	2.6
Mar	39° / 25°	0	0	11.9	0.6
Apr	42° / 28°	0	0.1	12.3	0.0
May	42° / 30°	5	1.3	12.7	0.0
Jun	39° / 29°	24	4.5	12.8	0.6
Jul	35° / 26°	98	11.2	12.8	2.6
Aug	32° / 25°	160	15.1	12.5	3.3
Sep	33° / 25°	108	11.2	12.1	3.3
Oct	36° / 25°	24	4.5	11.7	2.2
Nov	36° / 22°	1	0.2	11.3	2.2
Dec	34° / 20°	1	0.1	11.2	3.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	65	65	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	68	69	69	68	68	69	69
Cloudier (%)	35	35	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	32	32	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kayes gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in January. 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
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13	11	calm
14	11	calm
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16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
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23	11	calm
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25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:14	6:24
2	11.2	7:15	6:24
3	11.2	7:15	6:25
4	11.2	7:15	6:25
5	11.2	7:16	6:26
6	11.2	7:16	6:26
7	11.2	7:16	6:27
8	11.2	7:16	6:28
9	11.2	7:17	6:28
10	11.2	7:17	6:29
11	11.2	7:17	6:29
12	11.2	7:17	6:30
13	11.2	7:18	6:30
14	11.2	7:18	6:31
15	11.2	7:18	6:31
16	11.2	7:18	6:32
17	11.2	7:18	6:33
18	11.2	7:18	6:33
19	11.3	7:18	6:34
20	11.3	7:19	6:34
21	11.3	7:19	6:35
22	11.3	7:19	6:35
23	11.3	7:19	6:36
24	11.3	7:19	6:36
25	11.3	7:19	6:37
26	11.3	7:19	6:37
27	11.3	7:19	6:38
28	11.3	7:19	6:38
29	11.3	7:19	6:39
30	11.3	7:19	6:39
31	11.4	7:18	6:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.29 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.41 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kayes

In seasonPeak

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

Kayes sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kayes?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kayes for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kayes in January

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

In January, Kayes sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kayes in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kayes peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	11	12	10	9	10	11	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Kayes in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kayes is worst in November — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	57	67	61	50	48	41	22	16	20	60	68	57
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	57	Unhealthy
Feb	67	Unhealthy
Mar	61	Unhealthy
Apr	50	Poor
May	48	Poor
Jun	41	Poor
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	60	Unhealthy
Nov	68	Unhealthy
Dec	57	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kayes?

Kayes sits at 14.4°N, 11.4°W, 47 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bafoulabé, 97 km away.

Topography around Kayes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kayes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 38 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 m.

The land around Kayes is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) within 16 km, and grassland (68%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

artificial surfaces 57%

16 km

328 m

grassland 60%

80 km

561 m

grassland 68%

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← December Kayes year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Bafoulabé 97 km · Sélibaby 112 km · El ’Ayoûn 127 km · Mahina 157 km · Nioro 217 km · Kanel 219 km · Kédougou 225 km · Matam 236 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

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 Kayes (14.4478°, -11.4439°, elevation 47 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	33	19
4	33	19
5	33	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	34	20
23	34	20
24	34	20
25	34	20
26	34	20
27	34	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	21
31	34	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	33	19
4	33	19
5	33	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	34	20
23	34	20
24	34	20
25	34	20
26	34	20
27	34	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	21
31	34	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	33	19
4	33	19
5	33	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	19
13	33	19
14	33	19
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	34	20
23	34	20
24	34	20
25	34	20
26	34	20
27	34	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	21
31	34	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1