OCT · GAO
16.27° N · 0.04° W
Travel Score
0
out of 100
A travel advisory is active for this destination. Review official guidance and emergency information before any travel.
In short
We don’t recommend travelling here: an official advisory says to avoid it.
Explore
The official advice is not to travel here, so places to stay, eat and visit are not suggested. The emergency services are, and the full Explore page is one tap away.
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
No dates to suggest
An official travel advisory says to avoid this area, so no days are recommended.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
A travel advisory overrides these components: the Travel Score is 0. They are shown for context only.
Average daily weather score 78/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: dust storm or sandstorm expected on Nov 7.
WeatherAPI
GaoUpdated 7:45 AM local time
29°C
Overcast
Feels like 25°High 41° · Low 26°
Rain now
9%
Rain today
8% chance
Humidity
14%
Wind
13 km/h ENE
Festival calendar
Our festival calendar has no entries for Mali, so only worldwide dates are listed. That does not mean nothing is on: check local listings before you plan around a date.
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 50 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 57 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
US EPA index
2 / 6
ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people may want to limit long outdoor exertion.
Do not travel
Level 4GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See .
US EPA index 2: Moderate.
Level 4 advisory applies (do not travel).
Dust storm or sandstorm forecast on Nov 7.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
7:49 AM
Thursday, November 5
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Nov 5
41° 26°
Overcast · 8% rain
Very hot: up to 40.9°C
Fri
Nov 6
40° 27°
Overcast · 7% rain
Very hot: up to 40.4°C
Sat
Nov 7
40° 26°
Dust storm · 2% rain
Dust storm or sandstorm expected
Do not travel to Mali for any reason.
Reason: Level 4: Do Not Travel
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisory, Level 4: Do Not Travel (opens in a new tab). Updated Jun 7, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
French is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Visa and passport rules depend on your nationality: check your government’s travel advice before you book.
Gao is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region.
From Wikipedia (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
2 nearby places were left out because a travel advisory applies.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: December, January and February. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
38° 24°
Very hot
About 5 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
None recorded in our calendar.
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Warm | 29° / 13° | 0 mm | 95 |
| February | Hot | 33° / 16° | 0 mm | 78 |
| March | Hot | 38° / 20° | 0 mm | 59 |
| April | Very hot | 41° / 24° | 1 mm | 43 |
| May | Very hot | 43° / 29° | 4 mm | 40 |
| June | Very hot | 42° / 30° | 21 mm | 40 |
| July | Very hot |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 39° / 28° |
| 68 mm |
| 47 |
| August | Hot | 36° / 26° | 120 mm | 52 |
|---|
| September | Hot | 38° / 25° | 39 mm | 57 |
|---|
| October | Very hot | 38° / 24° | 5 mm | 56 |
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| November | Hot | 35° / 18° | 0 mm | 71 |
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| December | Warm | 31° / 14° | 0 mm | 89 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 583.75 XOF, as of 5 Nov 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)