Ségou weather in August

In August, Ségou sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 183 mm of rain across 20 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 Ségou's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ségou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
183 mm
20 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:16 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Ségou is city in Mali.

Density
5,562/km²
people per km²
Founded
1620

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ségou reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Ségou

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.

Ségou 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
Jan31° / 18°10.211.35.6
Feb34° / 21°00.111.63.7
Mar38° / 24°10.211.91.6
Apr40° / 27°41.412.30.3
May39° / 28°16412.60.5
Jun37° / 27°39812.81.8
Jul33° / 25°12616.312.73.1
Aug31° / 24°1832012.43.4
Sep32° / 24°11414.212.13.5
Oct35° / 24°214.211.72.7
Nov35° / 21°00.111.43.1
Dec32° / 19°0011.25.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23565
33466
43367
53268
63169
73169
83169
93169
103070
113070
123070
133070
143070
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313268

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ségou gets around 183 mm of rain over 20 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 64% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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361
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663
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1466
1566
1666
1766
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1965
2065
2165
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2964
3064
3163

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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1919
2919
3919
4919
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79010
88911
98911
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 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 6:13 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:136:49
212.66:136:49
312.66:136:48
412.66:146:48
512.66:146:48
612.66:146:47
712.56:146:47
812.56:146:47
912.56:156:46
1012.56:156:46
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1612.56:166:43
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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 5.32 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.32 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ségou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ségou sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Ségou?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ségou.

What to pack for Ségou in August

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

In August, Ségou sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ségou 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 Ségou peaks around August 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Jan 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ségou 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 Ségou is worst in February — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2166 µg/m³Aug 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan56Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar66Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May40Poor
Jun35Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ségou?

Ségou sits at 13.4°N, 6.3°W, 291 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Pèlèngana, 4.0 km away.

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Topography around Ségou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ségou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 286 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m.

The land around Ségou is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and water (22%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), cropland (34%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
80 m
80 km
136 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Pèlèngana 4.0 km · Markala 34 km · Dougabougou 45 km · Diourou 54 km · Siribala Coro 69 km · Bla 77 km · Niono 95 km · Fana 105 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 Ségou (13.4403°, -6.2595°, elevation 291 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).