Yanfolila weather in December
In December, Yanfolila sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 12th-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 62% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.
Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Yanfolila's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yanfolila's year-round climate.
- Daytime high
- 33°
- 6th warmest
- Overnight low
- 19°
- 1st coldest
- Rainfall
- 0 mm
- 0.1 wet days
- Daylight
- 11 h 18 min
- 6:48 AM – 6:09 PM
- Cloud cover
- 34%
- 3rd clearest
- Wind
- 10 km/h
- 3rd windiest
- Solar energy
- 5.64 kWh/m²
- Travel score
- 4.9
- out of 10
Yanfolila is town in Bougouni Region, Mali.
- Density
- 2,218/km²
- people per km²
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Temperature in December
Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.
A typical December day in Yanfolila reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.
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| Avg high (°C) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Avg low (°C) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | 20 |
| 2 | 33 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | 20 |
| 4 | 33 | 20 |
| 5 | 33 | 20 |
| 6 | 33 | 20 |
| 7 | 33 | 20 |
| 8 | 33 | 20 |
| 9 | 33 | 20 |
| 10 | 33 | 20 |
| 11 | 33 | 19 |
| 12 | 33 | 19 |
| 13 | 33 | 19 |
| 14 | 33 | 19 |
| 15 | 33 | 19 |
| 16 | 33 | 19 |
| 17 | 33 | 19 |
| 18 | 32 | 19 |
| 19 | 32 | 19 |
| 20 | 32 | 19 |
| 21 | 32 | 19 |
| 22 | 32 | 19 |
| 23 | 32 | 19 |
| 24 | 32 | 19 |
| 25 | 32 | 19 |
| 26 | 32 | 19 |
| 27 | 32 | 19 |
| 28 | 32 | 19 |
| 29 | 32 | 19 |
| 30 | 32 | 19 |
| 31 | 32 | 19 |
How December really feels in Yanfolila
Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.
The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.
Yanfolila weather by month
How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33° / 19° | 1 | 0.3 | 11.4 | 4.9 |
| Feb | 35° / 22° | 2 | 0.3 | 11.6 | 3.2 |
| Mar | 37° / 25° | 4 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 1.8 |
| Apr | 37° / 26° | 22 | 5.1 | 12.2 | 1.5 |
| May | 35° / 25° | 68 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 2.3 |
| Jun | 32° / 24° | 131 | 18.2 | 12.6 | 3.2 |
| Jul | 30° / 23° | 217 | 23.7 | 12.6 | 3.5 |
| Aug | 29° / 23° | 253 | 25.6 | 12.4 | 3.4 |
| Sep | 30° / 22° | 192 | 22.8 | 12.1 | 3.5 |
| Oct | 32° / 23° | 76 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 4.0 |
| Nov | 33° / 21° | 6 | 1.2 | 11.5 | 4.2 |
| Dec | 33° / 19° | 0 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 4.9 |
Cloud cover in December
The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in December.
Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 74 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 79 |
| Cloudier (%) | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 | 26 |
| 2 | 74 | 26 |
| 3 | 75 | 25 |
| 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 | 74 | 26 |
| 14 | 74 | 26 |
| 15 | 75 | 25 |
| 16 | 75 | 25 |
| 17 | 76 | 24 |
| 18 | 76 | 24 |
| 19 | 77 | 23 |
| 20 | 78 | 22 |
| 21 | 78 | 22 |
| 22 | 79 | 21 |
| 23 | 80 | 20 |
| 24 | 80 | 20 |
| 25 | 80 | 20 |
| 26 | 80 | 20 |
| 27 | 80 | 20 |
| 28 | 80 | 20 |
| 29 | 80 | 20 |
| 30 | 80 | 20 |
| 31 | 79 | 21 |
Chance of precipitation in December
Yanfolila gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in December, the driest month. 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 1% on the wettest days.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain chance (%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Rain chance (%) | |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 |
| 31 | 1 |
Humidity in December
Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.
By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 60 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 86 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
| Comfortable (%) | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Humid (%) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Muggy (%) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | 63 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | 66 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 71 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 73 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | 76 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 77 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | 81 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 83 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 84 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 86 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 89 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 91 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 92 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 92 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wind in December
Winds average 10 km/h in December.
Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.
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| Wind speed (km/h) | 9 | 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 | 9 | 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 December
Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.
Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:16 PM.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 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 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:41 | 6:41 | 6:42 | 6:42 | 6:43 | 6:43 | 6:44 | 6:44 | 6:45 | 6:45 | 6:46 | 6:46 | 6:47 | 6:47 | 6:48 | 6:48 | 6:49 | 6:49 | 6:50 | 6:50 | 6:51 | 6:51 | 6:52 | 6:52 | 6:53 | 6:53 | 6:54 | 6:54 | 6:54 | 6:55 | 6:55 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:04 | 6:04 | 6:05 | 6:05 | 6:05 | 6:05 | 6:06 | 6:06 | 6:06 | 6:07 | 6:07 | 6:08 | 6:08 | 6:08 | 6:09 | 6:09 | 6:10 | 6:10 | 6:11 | 6:11 | 6:11 | 6:12 | 6:12 | 6:13 | 6:13 | 6:14 | 6:14 | 6:15 | 6:15 | 6:16 | 6:16 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.4 | 6:41 | 6:04 |
| 2 | 11.4 | 6:41 | 6:04 |
| 3 | 11.4 | 6:42 | 6:05 |
| 4 | 11.4 | 6:42 | 6:05 |
| 5 | 11.4 | 6:43 | 6:05 |
| 6 | 11.4 | 6:43 | 6:05 |
| 7 | 11.4 | 6:44 | 6:06 |
| 8 | 11.4 | 6:44 | 6:06 |
| 9 | 11.4 | 6:45 | 6:06 |
| 10 | 11.4 | 6:45 | 6:07 |
| 11 | 11.4 | 6:46 | 6:07 |
| 12 | 11.4 | 6:46 | 6:08 |
| 13 | 11.4 | 6:47 | 6:08 |
| 14 | 11.4 | 6:47 | 6:08 |
| 15 | 11.3 | 6:48 | 6:09 |
| 16 | 11.3 | 6:48 | 6:09 |
| 17 | 11.3 | 6:49 | 6:10 |
| 18 | 11.3 | 6:49 | 6:10 |
| 19 | 11.3 | 6:50 | 6:11 |
| 20 | 11.3 | 6:50 | 6:11 |
| 21 | 11.3 | 6:51 | 6:11 |
| 22 | 11.3 | 6:51 | 6:12 |
| 23 | 11.3 | 6:52 | 6:12 |
| 24 | 11.3 | 6:52 | 6:13 |
| 25 | 11.3 | 6:53 | 6:13 |
| 26 | 11.3 | 6:53 | 6:14 |
| 27 | 11.3 | 6:54 | 6:14 |
| 28 | 11.3 | 6:54 | 6:15 |
| 29 | 11.3 | 6:54 | 6:15 |
| 30 | 11.4 | 6:55 | 6:16 |
| 31 | 11.4 | 6:55 | 6:16 |
Solar energy in December
Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.64 kWh/m².
For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 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 |
| 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 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 2 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 3 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 4 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 5 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 6 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 7 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 8 | 5.7 | 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 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 19 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 20 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 21 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 22 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 23 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 24 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 25 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 26 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 27 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 28 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 29 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 30 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 31 | 5.7 | Bright |
Hazard calendar for Yanfolila
None of Yanfolila's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.
Yanfolila's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.
Yanfolila sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in April.
Is December a good time to visit Yanfolila?
Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).
December is a reasonable time to visit Yanfolila for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.
What to pack for Yanfolila in December
From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.
In December, Yanfolila sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.
UV index in Yanfolila in December
Clear-sky midday UV in December 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 Yanfolila peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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) | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Level | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | Very high |
| Feb | 12 | Extreme |
| Mar | 14 | Extreme |
| Apr | 11 | Extreme |
| May | 13 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 12 | Extreme |
| Aug | 13 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 12 | Extreme |
| Nov | 9 | Very high |
| Dec | 8 | Very high |
Air quality in Yanfolila in December
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.
Air quality in Yanfolila is worst in February — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 11 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) | 47 | 55 | 52 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 39 |
| Level | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Good | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Poor |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47 | Poor |
| Feb | 55 | Poor |
| Mar | 52 | Poor |
| Apr | 45 | Poor |
| May | 25 | Moderate |
| Jun | 21 | Moderate |
| Jul | 15 | Moderate |
| Aug | 11 | Good |
| Sep | 16 | Moderate |
| Oct | 25 | Moderate |
| Nov | 27 | Moderate |
| Dec | 39 | Poor |
Where is Yanfolila?
Yanfolila sits at 11.2°N, 8.2°W, 363 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bougouni, 77 km away.
Topography around Yanfolila
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Yanfolila.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Yanfolila has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 372 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m.
The land around Yanfolila is covered by grassland (34%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (33%), grassland (24%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (40%) and grassland (24%) within 80 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 Yanfolila (11.1833°, -8.15°, elevation 363 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).