Koulikoro Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Koulikoro, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 40°C on May 1 to 38°C on May 31, and lows from 27°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 47 mm over about 10 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 39°C
Average low: 27°C
Precipitation: 47 mm
Reanalysis high: 44°CMay 6, 2019
Reanalysis low: 20°CMay 4, 1994
Daylight: 12 h 35 min to 12 h 50 min
Cloud cover: 63%
Humidity: 42%
Dew point: 16°C
Wind: 13.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	40°C	27°C	44°C 2005	22°C 1994	21%
May 2	40°C	27°C	42°C 2005	21°C 1994	23%
May 3	40°C	27°C	43°C 2008	21°C 1994	23%
May 4	40°C	27°C	42°C 2003	20°C 1994	23%
May 5	40°C	27°C	43°C 2003	22°C 1994	24%
May 6	40°C	27°C	44°C 2019	24°C 2018	25%
May 7	40°C	27°C	43°C 2019	24°C 1996	27%
May 8	40°C	27°C	43°C 2018	25°C 2004	28%
May 9	40°C	27°C	43°C 2019	24°C 2007	29%
May 10	40°C	27°C	42°C 2004	25°C 2007	31%
May 11	39°C	27°C	42°C 2019	25°C 1997	32%
May 12	39°C	27°C	42°C 2019	23°C 1997	33%
May 13	39°C	27°C	43°C 2016	24°C 1992	35%
May 14	39°C	27°C	43°C 2001	24°C 2007	36%
May 15	39°C	27°C	42°C 2003	24°C 2011	36%
May 16	39°C	27°C	42°C 2002	25°C 2014	35%
May 17	39°C	27°C	42°C 1996	24°C 2020	35%
May 18	39°C	27°C	42°C 2004	24°C 2014	35%
May 19	39°C	27°C	43°C 2004	23°C 2014	36%
May 20	39°C	27°C	42°C 2003	22°C 2014	36%
May 21	39°C	27°C	43°C 2007	24°C 1992	36%
May 22	39°C	27°C	43°C 2007	24°C 1997	36%
May 23	39°C	27°C	43°C 2016	24°C 2006	38%
May 24	39°C	27°C	42°C 2016	24°C 2006	39%
May 25	39°C	27°C	42°C 2013	23°C 1991	40%
May 26	38°C	27°C	42°C 2004	23°C 1991	40%
May 27	38°C	27°C	43°C 2002	23°C 2011	42%
May 28	38°C	27°C	43°C 2007	23°C 2017	43%
May 29	38°C	26°C	42°C 2019	25°C 2014	45%
May 30	38°C	26°C	43°C 2019	25°C 2013	48%
May 31	38°C	26°C	43°C 2015	24°C 2020	50%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

May 1: sunrise 6:10 AM, sunset 6:45 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:03 AM, sunset 6:53 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.