Climate averages 1991–2020
Bobo-Dioulasso weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Bobo-Dioulasso: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banfora (78 km away). In April its highs average 37.1°C, about as warm as Bobo-Dioulasso, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 39.0°C; Bobo-Dioulasso is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Bobo-Dioulasso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 35.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 37.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 34 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 35.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 12.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 76 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 166 | 21.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 246 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 147 | 20.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 57 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
April in nearby cities
- Banfora in AprilBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Houndé in AprilBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Sikasso in AprilMali · 150 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Koutiala in AprilMali · 185 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Jirapa in AprilGhana · 188 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in AprilIvory Coast · 202 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Wa in AprilGhana · 232 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Korhogo in AprilIvory Coast · 241 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 72 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 Bobo-Dioulasso) is explained once on the Bobo-Dioulasso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.