Ségou
City in Mali: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Roundabout in Segou 1: Lyfengine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ségou is a city in Mali. About 205,787 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Mali in our atlas.
It lies at 13.44° N, 6.26° W, about 291 m (955 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Bamako time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ségou. Green dots: other major cities of Mali. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ségou has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 40°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (57°F). Around 716 mm (28 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
- Koutiala · 145 km
- San · 148 km
- Bamako · 207 km
- Kati · 210 km
- Kalaban Koro · 214 km
- Sikasso · 244 km
- Mopti · 252 km
- Bougouni · 261 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2451478 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q333476 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Roundabout in Segou 1: Lyfengine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)