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When to go to Bobo-Dioulasso

Twelve months of averages for Bobo-Dioulasso, and what they say about when to go.

When to go

What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

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.

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Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): November to June.
Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): June to September.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June to October.
The warmest month is March (38°C) and the coolest August (29°C). The wettest is August (278 mm) and the driest December (0 mm); about 1,114 mm of rain falls in a year.

Bobo-Dioulasso: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanHot
FebHot
MarHot
AprHot
MayHot
JunWet
JulWet
AugWet
SeptWet
OctMild–warm, mixed
NovHot
DecHot

Month by month

Every month in Bobo-Dioulasso

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Bobo-Dioulasso by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	34°C	16°C	1 mm	25%	30%	5.7	23°C	Hot
February	37°C	19°C	6 mm	23%	33%	6	24°C	Hot
March	38°C	23°C	15 mm	31%	49%	6.2	27°C	Hot
April	38°C	25°C	55 mm	48%	65%	6.1	31°C	Hot
May	35°C	24°C	104 mm	61%	67%	6.1	35°C	Hot
June	33°C	23°C	150 mm	70%	58%	5.8	37°C	Wet
July	30°C	22°C	229 mm	80%	65%	5.5	39°C	Wet
August	29°C	22°C	278 mm	84%	72%	5.2	39°C	Wet
September	29°C	22°C	199 mm	83%	61%	5.6	37°C	Wet
October	31°C	22°C	72 mm	76%	47%	5.9	34°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
November	33°C	19°C	5 mm	56%	29%	5.7	29°C	Hot
December	33°C	15°C	0 mm	37%	27%	5.6	25°C	Hot

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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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)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

34°C

16°C

1 mm

25%

30%

5.7

23°C

Hot

February

37°C

19°C

6 mm

23%

33%

24°C

Hot

March

38°C

23°C

15 mm

31%

49%

6.2

27°C

Hot

April

38°C

25°C

55 mm

48%

65%

6.1

31°C

Hot

May

35°C

24°C

104 mm

61%

67%

6.1

35°C

Hot

June

33°C

23°C

150 mm

70%

58%

5.8

37°C

Wet

July

30°C

22°C

229 mm

80%

65%

5.5

39°C

Wet

August

29°C

22°C

278 mm

84%

72%

5.2

39°C

Wet

September

29°C

22°C

199 mm

83%

61%

5.6

37°C

Wet

October

31°C

22°C

72 mm

76%

47%

5.9

34°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

November

33°C

19°C

5 mm

56%

29%

5.7

29°C

Hot

December

33°C

15°C

0 mm

37%

27%

5.6

25°C

Hot