Mopti weather in May

In May, Mopti sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 7 mm of rain across 2.7 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mopti's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mopti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
1st warmest
Overnight low
29°
12th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:53 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
49%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Mopti is city in Mali.

Density
4,655/km²
people per km²
Founded
1800

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mopti reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Mopti

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Mopti weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°10.211.25.4
Feb35° / 20°0011.53.6
Mar38° / 24°10.211.91.3
Apr40° / 28°41.212.30.0
May41° / 29°72.712.70.0
Jun39° / 28°25712.80.7
Jul35° / 26°8014.112.82.3
Aug33° / 25°14115.612.53.2
Sep35° / 25°6310.312.12.7
Oct37° / 25°122.611.71.6
Nov36° / 22°00.111.32.5
Dec33° / 19°0011.24.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36436
46436
56337
66337
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96337
106238
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126238
136139
146139
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266337
276436
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306436
316535

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mopti gets around 7 mm of rain over 2.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
160171670
259171770
357171880
455171990
555171990
6531720100
7501722110
8481723120
9461824120
10431825130
11411827140
12381928150
13361929160
14332030160
15312031170
16292032180
17272033191
18252034201
19242034211
20222035221
21212035231
22192036242
23181936252
24171836262
25161837272
26151737283
27141637303
28131537323
29121437333
30111336354
31101236384

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, 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.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:596:29
212.55:586:29
312.55:586:30
412.55:576:30
512.65:576:30
612.65:566:30
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1112.65:546:32
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.81 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mopti

In seasonPeak

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

Mopti sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Mopti?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mopti.

What to pack for Mopti in May

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

In May, Mopti sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mopti in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Mopti peaks around August 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highAug 19UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mopti in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Mopti is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1076 µg/m³Aug 1916 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun41Poor
Jul24Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mopti?

Mopti sits at 14.5°N, 4.2°W, 268 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bandiagara, 63 km away.

KoroKé-MacinaDouentzaMoninnpébougouSan

Topography around Mopti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mopti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 265 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m.

The land around Mopti is covered by cropland (35%) and wetland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), wetland (28%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and wetland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
116 m
80 km
408 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bandiagara 63 km · Djenné 76 km · Bankass 85 km · Koro 128 km · Ké-Macina 139 km · Douentza 145 km · Moninnpébougou 149 km · San 153 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 Mopti (14.4843°, -4.183°, elevation 268 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).