Bougouni
City in Mali: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bougouni-bus-station: Vajta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bougouni is a city in Mali, in Sikasso. About 90,234 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Mali in our atlas.
It lies at 11.42° N, 7.48° W, about 349 m (1,145 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Bamako time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bougouni. Green dots: other major cities of Mali. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bougouni has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 39°C (102°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (57°F). Around 1,102 mm (43 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in MaliNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kalaban Koro · 141 km
- Bamako · 143 km
- Kati · 161 km
- Sikasso · 198 km
- Koutiala · 245 km
- Ségou · 261 km
- San · 350 km
- Mopti · 495 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2459775 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q848574 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bougouni-bus-station: Vajta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)