Gao is bathed in sunshine — 345 sunny days a year. Summers are intensely hot — air conditioning is essential. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Gao, Mali is a 175K-resident city with 345 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 32.3 µg/m³. A city in Mali.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 33 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 35 | 39 |
| Daily mean°C | 27 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 32 | 29 | 34 |
| Daily low°C | 16 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 25 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 35 | 37 | 43 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 36 | 43 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 24 | 27 | 33 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 25 | 34 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 6 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 20 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 44 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 19 |
| Dewpoint°C | -4.9 | -6.2 | -3.9 | -3.1 | 8.0 | 14.4 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 17.2 | 6.7 | -0.1 | -2.9 | 5.4 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| Clear skyindex | 73% | 79% | 69% | 64% | 72% | 83% | 68% | 55% | 67% | 72% | 73% | 71% | 71% |
| UV indexmax avg | 7.9 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 9.3 |
Outdoor living in Gao is seasonal. May through July are the toughest stretch. Dinner outside is comfortable 9/12 months — impressive, while even lunch outside manages 2/12 months.
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Air Quality
Gao reports an annual PM2.5 of 32.3 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Gao reports an annual PM2.5 of 32.3 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 32.3 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Gao? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 32.3 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Gao sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.
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