- RankHotter than 92% of themOf the 8,970 stations reporting to us right now, only 635 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here79.5°C colderAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica is at −49.5°C at this same moment.Go to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station →
Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 4.0°C
- Humidity
- 19%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- ENE 70°, 28 km/h
- Pressure
- 1015.9 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 8.0 km
Where Tombouctou Arpt stands
- Best global heat placing in 35 days recorded: 1st of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 10 on 16 of those 35 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Mali on 22 of those 35 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
☀️ How 30.0°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 10:00 |
The record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
41.6°
Sat 27 Jan 2007
1.7°
Fri 10 Jan 1986
Feb
43.5°
Sat 27 Feb 2010
7.5°
Wed 10 Feb 1988
Mar
46.1°
Wed 26 Mar 1958
7.0°
Thu 1 Mar 1979
Apr
48.9°
Sun 9 Apr 1967
8.0°
Sat 3 Apr 1976
May
49.0°
Record high
41.1°C
Thu 7 Nov 1957
Record low
16.0°C
Wed 7 Nov 1979
Average high
36.4°C
all years on record
- 1
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 47.3°C.
From our dataRecord high 49.0°C against record low 1.7°C. - 2
At 09:00 it was 29.0°C. By 09:30 it was 30.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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11.1°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 30.0°C against 41.1°C in 1957. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
49.0°C
- Date
- Thursday, 28 June 1979
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Tombouctou Arpt, Mali
- Position
- 16.73°N 3.01°W · 268 m
The highest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2012.
All-time record low
1.7°C
- Date
- Friday, 10 January 1986
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Tombouctou Arpt, Mali
- Position
- 16.73°N 3.01°W · 268 m
The lowest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2012.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 41.0°C, lowest 26.0°C, mean 34.7°C. 37 days recorded from 374 readings.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 40.0°C | 27.0°C | 35.5°C | 6 | 72 |
| October 2026 | 41.0°C | 26.0°C | 34.4°C | 25 | 236 |
| September 2026 | 40.0°C | 28.0°C | 34.5°C | 6 | 66 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
41.0°C
Sat 17 Oct 2026 at 13:00 local
Lowest
26.0°C
Mon 26 Oct 2026 at 08:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Tombouctou Arpt since September 2026, across 37 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Tombouctou Arpt (GATB) is a METAR weather station in Mali, 268 m above sea level, about 5 km from Timbuktu.
We have kept a daily record here for 37 of the 46 days since 23 September 2026, from 374 observations.
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
| Time | Temp | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 30.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| low | 29.0°C | −9.0°C | Counted |
| 38.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 38.0°C | 0.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 6 days here, running from 27.0°C to 40.0°C, a spread of 13.0°C.
It reports about every 30 minutes, and sent 12 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 636th hottest of the 8,970 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 1st hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 30 days.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 6 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Fell to 26.0°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 28.0°C on Wed 30 Sep 2026.
Reached 41.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 40.0°C on Tue 29 Sep 2026.
Entered the ten hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 4th of 5,391.
- and the 1 days before it
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 11th of 7,336, on each of 2 days running.
Its high of 40.0°C was the highest of the 19 stations we hold in Mali.
Reached 39.0°C, its highest of October, beating 37.0°C on Mon 5 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 10 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 30.0°C | 09:30 UTC | 29.0°C | 09:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 38.0°C | 16:00 UTC | 28.0°C | 08:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 40.0°C | 14:00 UTC | 31.0°C | 08:30 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 40.0°C | 13:30 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationMopti Arpt32.0°C271.2 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyGao Arpt32.0°C324.9 km away
- Coldest nearbyDori22.3°C437 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
The nearest other station is 271.2 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 37 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 23 September 2026.
Tracking history
It is on a run of 6 days now. Its longest unbroken run is 12 days.
- First reading stored35.0°C on our first day here
- First time in the ten hottest reporting stations8 of 5,353
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country40.0°C
- 100 readings stored
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,900 km north of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Tombouctou Arpt is
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16.73°N 3.01°W
Tombouctou Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps16.7300°N, 3.0080°W
Tombouctou Arpt, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Tombouctou Arpt?
The warmest month on record here is May, when the highest reading has reached 49.0°C (120.2°F) on Monday, 12 May 1980.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Tombouctou Arpt?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to 1.7°C (35.1°F) on Friday, 10 January 1986.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Tombouctou Arpt?
49.0°C (120.2°F) on Thursday, 28 June 1979. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1957. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Tombouctou Arpt?
1.7°C (35.1°F) on Friday, 10 January 1986. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1957.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Tombouctou Arpt right now?
30.0°C (86.0°F), measured at 09:30 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1957 to 2012 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 37 days | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
How these readings are checked
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
- 01
Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
- 02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
- 03
The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
- 04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature