Yélimané Airport

GAYE · Kayes, Mali

Climate Yélimané Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nioro du Sahel Airport (GANR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.5 81 100 100 100 75
February 84.2 89 80 90 82 84
March 85.6 81 91 86 75 100
April 95.4 99 100 96 91
May 92.6 96 91 92 88
June 87.3 94 88 88 73
July 98.1 94 100 100 94
August 95.6 85 98 99 88
September 93.3 94 98 93 74
October 96.6 94 94 97 98
November 98.3 97 100 98 100
December 91.6 79 100 100 100
Average 91.6 83.4 92.0 95.2 93.4 88.7

1st best VFR conditions of Mali

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.6 86 100 100 100 82
February 93.5 93 88 96 95 90
March 91.7 89 98 91 85 100
April 97.8 100 100 97 94
May 96.9 97 96 93 95
June 92.6 98 91 92 80
July 99.4 100 100 100 96
August 99.5 99 99 100 98
September 99.3 98 100 99 100
October 98.2 96 98 99 100
November 98.6 97 100 100 100
December 94.3 82 100 100 100
Average 95.7 89.2 96.0 97.3 96.6 94.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.2 35 33 33 34 31
February 34.8 36 36 34 35 36
March 38.1 39 39 37 38 38
April 40.6 40 41 42 41
May 41.9 42 42 42 42
June 39.8 41 38 40 40
July 34.7 35 34 36 34
August 32.8 33 32 33 33
September 34.1 35 32 35 33
October 37.7 38 36 38 37
November 36.4 37 36 37 36
December 33.4 33 35 34 35
Average 36.4 36.6 36.7 35.7 36.9 36.2

2nd highest temperature of Mali

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.3 17 15 18 15 16
February 18.8 17 19 19 19 21
March 21.8 23 22 21 22 21
April 25.9 25 25 28 28
May 29.6 30 28 31 30
June 29.5 29 28 30 29
July 26.2 25 26 27 27
August 25.0 25 24 25 25
September 25.0 25 24 25 25
October 24.8 26 24 26 23
November 20.1 19 18 24 18
December 16.5 16 19 19 17
Average 22.7 19.3 23.2 23.0 24.1 23.2

3rd lowest temperature of Mali

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 0 2 1
July 0.5 0 0 0 2
August 1.6 1 1 2 1
September 0.6 1 0 0 1
October 0.3 0 1 1 1
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.9 6 6 7 7 7
February 6.6 6 8 7 6 7
March 6.7 6 7 6 7 6
April 6.7 7 7 7 7
May 6.9 7 8 7 7
June 7.0 7 8 7 7
July 6.8 6 7 8 7
August 6.2 6 6 6 7
September 5.1 5 5 5 5
October 5.0 4 5 5 5
November 5.1 5 5 6 5
December 5.5 6 5 6 5
Average 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.3

2nd highest wind speed of Mali

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 091° 070° 097° 063° 076°
February 076° 082° 077° 057° 093°
March 047° 065° 059° 065° 046°
April 057° 048° 086° 048°
May 358° 094° 328° 066°
June 294° 288° 279° 284°
July 277° 268° 258° 276°
August 268° 271° 265° 265°
September 287° 297° 270° 273°
October 328° 295° 019° 063°
November 057° 075° 079° 086°
December 079° 086° 082° 068°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.