San weather in January

In January, San sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 San's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:50 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

San is town in Mali.

Density: 666/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1400

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in San reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	18
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

How January really feels in San

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 11 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.

San weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 18°	1	0.2	11.3	5.3
Feb	35° / 21°	0	0	11.6	3.4
Mar	38° / 24°	1	0.4	11.9	1.3
Apr	40° / 27°	9	2.6	12.3	0.3
May	39° / 28°	20	5.9	12.6	0.6
Jun	36° / 27°	43	10.4	12.8	1.9
Jul	33° / 25°	123	17.4	12.7	3.0
Aug	31° / 24°	196	20.9	12.4	3.3
Sep	32° / 24°	107	14.8	12.1	3.5
Oct	35° / 24°	26	5.8	11.7	2.7
Nov	35° / 21°	1	0.2	11.4	3.0
Dec	33° / 18°	0	0	11.2	4.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 24%.

	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 (%)	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	74	74	75	75	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81
Cloudier (%)	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	25	25	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	19	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	81	19
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

San gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	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	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

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 99% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 6:46 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:15 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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:46	6:00
2	11.2	6:46	6:00
3	11.2	6:47	6:01
4	11.2	6:47	6:01
5	11.2	6:47	6:02
6	11.2	6:48	6:02
7	11.2	6:48	6:03
8	11.3	6:48	6:03
9	11.3	6:48	6:04
10	11.3	6:49	6:04
11	11.3	6:49	6:05
12	11.3	6:49	6:06
13	11.3	6:49	6:06
14	11.3	6:50	6:07
15	11.3	6:50	6:07
16	11.3	6:50	6:08
17	11.3	6:50	6:08
18	11.3	6:50	6:09
19	11.3	6:50	6:09
20	11.3	6:51	6:10
21	11.3	6:51	6:10
22	11.3	6:51	6:11
23	11.3	6:51	6:11
24	11.4	6:51	6:12
25	11.4	6:51	6:12
26	11.4	6:51	6:13
27	11.4	6:51	6:13
28	11.4	6:51	6:14
29	11.4	6:51	6:14
30	11.4	6:51	6:15
31	11.4	6:51	6:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.63 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for San

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit San?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for San in January

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

In January, San sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in San 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 San peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 8 (very 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	10	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in San 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 San is worst in March — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (August, 14 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)	55	67	68	56	41	33	21	14	19	29	32	46
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	67	Unhealthy
Mar	68	Unhealthy
Apr	56	Unhealthy
May	41	Poor
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is San?

San sits at 13.3°N, 4.9°W, 277 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Djenné, 77 km away.

Topography around San

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 278 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m.

The land around San is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and cropland (37%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), cropland (30%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

artificial surfaces 40%

16 km

39 m

grassland 40%

80 km

205 m

grassland 43%

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

January weather nearby: Djenné 77 km · Ké-Macina 89 km · Bla 101 km · Yorosso 105 km · Diourou 110 km · Moninnpébougou 116 km · Koutiala 118 km · Kouri 124 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 San (13.297°, -4.8963°, elevation 277 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	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	18
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	81	19
31	81	19

	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	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	18
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	81	19
31	81	19

	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	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	18
11	31	18
12	31	18
13	31	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	18
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	75	25
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	81	19
31	81	19

	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	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1