Climate Bassikounou Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mopti Ambodédjo International Airport (GAMB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.9	84	96	87	98	56
February	66.6	63	77	58	82	75
March	72.8	69	93	44	57	80
April	85.3		89	90	97	77
May	87.1		80	81	80	94
June	93.2		94	93	95	90
July	94.5		94	89	96	99
August	91.0		88	77	95	91
September	96.3		94	97	100	89
October	93.6		83	97	94	99
November	93.3		86	98	100	99
December	84.1		75	89	99	100
Average	85.6	72.2	87.3	84.5	90.5	87.2

3rd 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	93.2	94	100	93	100	85
February	86.9	87	85	84	91	89
March	85.3	78	99	68	76	91
April	95.0		97	95	99	93
May	93.7		86	96	84	100
June	97.3		99	99	97	93
July	98.8		99	100	98	100
August	99.0		99	99	98	100
September	99.3		99	99	100	100
October	96.3		84	99	100	99
November	97.3		95	100	100	100
December	93.9		91	96	100	100
Average	94.0	86.6	94.8	94.7	94.8	95.7

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	32.5	35	33	32	35	32
February	34.9	36	36	34	35	35
March	38.6	40	39	38	38	38
April	40.5		40	41	41	41
May	40.7		42	41	41	41
June	38.4		39	38	39	38
July	34.9		36	34	35	35
August	32.2		33	32	32	32
September	33.1		34	32	34	33
October	35.5		36	35	35	35
November	35.5		37	35	36	35
December	33.3		33	34	34	35
Average	35.9	36.9	36.4	35.5	36.2	35.6

3rd 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	16.2	17	16	16	18	17
February	19.9	18	20	20	20	20
March	23.6	26	22	22	24	24
April	26.8		26	27	27	28
May	28.6		28	29	30	29
June	27.4		27	27	28	28
July	25.6		26	25	26	26
August	24.4		25	24	25	25
September	25.1		25	24	26	24
October	25.3		31	23	26	24
November	21.3		27	18	23	19
December	17.5		16	19	19	19
Average	23.1	20.5	23.8	22.8	24.1	23.4

2nd 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	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.3		0	0	0	2
May	0.8		1	0	1	0
June	0.2		0	1	0	0
July	0.9		2	2	1	1
August	1.2		0	1	1	4
September	0.5		1	1	0	1
October	0.2		0	0	1	1
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	0	0
Average	0.3		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.7

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	7.6	7	7	8	8	10
February	8.7	8	8	9	9	11
March	8.6	8	8	8	10	11
April	8.4		8	7	9	11
May	8.1		8	7	7	10
June	8.8		8	8	9	11
July	8.0		7	8	9	8
August	7.4		7	7	7	9
September	6.6		6	6	7	9
October	7.6		7	6	6	10
November	8.2		8	7	7	9
December	8.0		7	7	8	8
Average	8.1	7.4	7.2	7.3	7.9	9.6

3rd 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	073°	046°	064°	042°	059°
February	059°	063°	061°	076°	068°
March	045°	037°	039°	040°	012°
April		024°	029°	047°	018°
May		218°	122°	234°	219°
June		218°	205°	212°	220°
July		217°	218°	212°	220°
August		227°	222°	221°	220°
September		235°	231°	236°	226°
October		257°	236°	258°	238°
November		042°	029°	020°	058°
December		046°	057°	072°	034°

Prevailing wind direction

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