Hauts-Bassins Region · Burkina Faso
Bobo-Dioulasso
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Burkina Faso at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Local time
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Population
- 904,920
- Elevation
- 453 m
- Airports
- BOY
- 4.6 km from the centre
- From DXB
- 6,440 km
- 8 hrs 20 mins · Estimate
Climate
The weather in Bobo-Dioulasso, month by month
- Jan34°
- Feb37°
- Mar38°
- Apr38°
- May35°
- Jun33°
- Jul30°
- Aug29°
- Sept29°
- Oct31°
- Nov33°
- Dec33°
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Mean highs run from 29°C in August to 38°C in March, with about 1,114 mm of rain in a year.
Month-by-month climate for Bobo-DioulassoModelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020.
Airports
Airports serving Bobo-Dioulasso
How far it is from the UAE
From DXBBobo-Dioulasso
6,440 km
8 hrs 20 mins · Estimate
From AUHBobo-Dioulasso
6,370 km
8 hrs 15 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
- Local time
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Currency
- West African Franc XOFToday's indicative rate: XOF 100 ≈ USD 0.171Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and E220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112ambulance17police18fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +226 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Burkina Faso at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)