Climate averages 1991–2020
Banfora weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Banfora: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bobo-Dioulasso (78 km away). In October its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Banfora, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Banfora ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 33.8°C; Banfora is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 5.8 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Banfora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 49 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 35.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 75 | 14.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 87 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 168 | 21.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 237 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 157 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 65 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 34.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso in OctoberBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Sikasso in OctoberMali · 125 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in OctoberIvory Coast · 126 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Korhogo in OctoberIvory Coast · 163 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Houndé in OctoberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Koutiala in OctoberMali · 209 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Jirapa in OctoberGhana · 225 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Wa in OctoberGhana · 255 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 88 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Banfora) is explained once on the Banfora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.