Climate averages 1991–2020
Banfora weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Banfora: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bobo-Dioulasso (78 km away). In September its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Banfora, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Banfora ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest September highs and 10th of 10 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 10 cities is 30.9°C; Banfora is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 157 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Sikasso in SeptemberMali · 125 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in SeptemberIvory Coast · 126 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Korhogo in SeptemberIvory Coast · 163 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 188 mm rain
- Houndé in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Koutiala in SeptemberMali · 209 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Jirapa in SeptemberGhana · 225 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Wa in SeptemberGhana · 255 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 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.