Timbuktu region (Gao) climate

Name: Timbuktu region (Gao)
Address: Sahara edge, Mali

Mali · Sahara edge · 16.267° N, 0.050° W

Köppen BWhhot desertArid

Saharan Niger-bend town: blazing, bone-dry, with a brief weak summer rain.

Dry — evaporation outpaces what little rain arrives.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain

Warmest month

May, 107°F / 42°C

Coldest month

January, 59°F / 15°C

Annual swing

48°F / 27°C

Wettest month

August

Driest month

January

Rain per year

3.6" / 91 mm

Elevation

830 ft / 253 m

Time zone

Africa/Bamako

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	88 / 31	59 / 15	0.00 / 0	15%	9.4 / 15.1	30%
February	92 / 33	63 / 17	0.00 / 0	11%	9.9 / 15.9	27%
March	99 / 37	71 / 22	0.00 / 0	12%	9.4 / 15.1	31%
April	105 / 40	77 / 25	0.00 / 0	12%	9.1 / 14.6	36%
May	107 / 42	84 / 29	0.01 / 0	18%	8.6 / 13.8	41%
June	106 / 41	85 / 29	0.18 / 5	29%	9.2 / 14.8	33%
July	101 / 39	83 / 28	0.93 / 24	43%	10.0 / 16.1	43%
August	97 / 36	79 / 26	2.06 / 52	57%	9.3 / 15.0	56%
September	102 / 39	81 / 27	0.39 / 10	41%	8.3 / 13.4	45%
October	102 / 39	78 / 25	0.03 / 1	24%	7.7 / 12.4	33%
November	96 / 36	69 / 20	0.00 / 0	17%	8.5 / 13.7	30%
December	91 / 33	63 / 17	0.00 / 0	16%	8.8 / 14.2	36%

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