Koutiala weather in August

In August, Koutiala sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 229 mm of rain across 23.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Koutiala's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Koutiala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
229 mm
23.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:14 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Koutiala reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Koutiala

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

Koutiala weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°10.211.45.2
Feb35° / 21°00.211.63.3
Mar38° / 24°20.511.91.5
Apr39° / 27°143.712.30.9
May37° / 27°388.812.61.4
Jun35° / 25°631212.72.6
Jul31° / 24°15619.512.73.4
Aug30° / 23°22923.412.43.5
Sep31° / 23°1411812.13.7
Oct34° / 23°418.811.73.4
Nov35° / 21°20.411.43.4
Dec33° / 18°0011.34.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22674
32575
42476
52476
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102278
112278
122179
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Koutiala gets around 229 mm of rain over 23.4 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 75% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
172
273
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1964
2964
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6964
7964
8964
9964
10964
11964
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13964
14973
15973
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18964
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:116:45
212.56:126:44
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412.56:126:44
512.56:126:43
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712.56:126:42
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.95 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Koutiala

In seasonPeak

In August, Koutiala sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Koutiala sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Koutiala?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Koutiala.

What to pack for Koutiala in August

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

In August, Koutiala sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Koutiala in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Koutiala peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 18UV 13Jan 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Koutiala in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Koutiala is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1062 µg/m³Aug 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr50Poor
May33Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Koutiala?

Koutiala sits at 12.4°N, 5.5°W, 324 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bla, 70 km away.

SanSikassoBamaFinnkoloPèlèngana

Topography around Koutiala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Koutiala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 361 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m.

The land around Koutiala is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and shrubs (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
255 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Bla 70 km · Yorosso 75 km · Kouri 75 km · San 118 km · Sikasso 121 km · Bama 122 km · Finnkolo 125 km · Pèlèngana 142 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 Koutiala (12.3872°, -5.4651°, elevation 324 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).