Bamako
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📷 Mark Fischer· CC BY-SA 4.0"I ni ce | Hello (in Bambara)"
About
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, West Africa, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country.
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The next week in Bamako
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
37° / 26°
UV Very high
Sat
Showers
34° / 23°
9.4 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
37° / 24°
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
37° / 24°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
39° / 27°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
40° / 26°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
44° / 22°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.7h
06:07 – 18:49local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Bamako
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Modibo Keita International Airport (BKO) at 13 km.
Getting around Bamako
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Sotrama BamakoB Metro
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 3.0, Tretinville.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.