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When to go to Ouagadougou

Twelve months of averages for Ouagadougou, and what they say about when to go.

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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): October to July.
Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July and August.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July to September.
The warmest month is April (40°C) and the coolest August (31°C). The wettest is August (245 mm) and the driest December (0 mm); about 817 mm of rain falls in a year.

Ouagadougou: 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
JunHot
JulWet
AugWet
SeptMild–warm, mixed
OctHot
NovHot
DecHot

Month by month

Every month in Ouagadougou

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

Climate in Ouagadougou 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	32°C	14°C	1 mm	24%	27%	5.6	23°C	Hot
February	36°C	18°C	1 mm	20%	29%	5.9	24°C	Hot
March	39°C	22°C	3 mm	21%	62%	6.2	27°C	Hot
April	40°C	25°C	26 mm	36%	68%	6.3	31°C	Hot
May	38°C	26°C	63 mm	50%	72%	6.2	35°C	Hot
June	35°C	24°C	107 mm	61%	66%	5.9	37°C	Hot
July	32°C	23°C	178 mm	73%	72%	5.7	39°C	Wet
August	31°C	22°C	245 mm	80%	77%	5.4	39°C	Wet
September	31°C	22°C	147 mm	79%	55%	5.8	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
October	34°C	21°C	45 mm	68%	39%	6	34°C	Hot
November	34°C	17°C	1 mm	45%	27%	5.8	29°C	Hot
December	32°C	14°C	0 mm	33%	23%	5.5	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

32°C

14°C

1 mm

24%

27%

5.6

23°C

Hot

February

36°C

18°C

1 mm

20%

29%

5.9

24°C

Hot

March

39°C

22°C

3 mm

21%

62%

6.2

27°C

Hot

April

40°C

25°C

26 mm

36%

68%

6.3

31°C

Hot

May

38°C

26°C

63 mm

50%

72%

6.2

35°C

Hot

June

35°C

24°C

107 mm

61%

66%

5.9

37°C

Hot

July

32°C

23°C

178 mm

73%

72%

5.7

39°C

Wet

August

31°C

22°C

245 mm

80%

77%

5.4

39°C

Wet

September

31°C

22°C

147 mm

79%

55%

5.8

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

October

34°C

21°C

45 mm

68%

39%

34°C

Hot

November

34°C

17°C

1 mm

45%

27%

5.8

29°C

Hot

December

32°C

14°C

0 mm

33%

23%

5.5

25°C

Hot