Climate averages 1991–2020
Bobo-Dioulasso weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bobo-Dioulasso: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banfora (78 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Bobo-Dioulasso, with 237 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 29.7°C; Bobo-Dioulasso is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 246 mm to 147 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Banfora in AugustBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 mm rain
- Houndé in AugustBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Sikasso in AugustMali · 150 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Koutiala in AugustMali · 185 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Jirapa in AugustGhana · 188 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in AugustIvory Coast · 202 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 205 mm rain
- Wa in AugustGhana · 232 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 224 mm rain
- Korhogo in AugustIvory Coast · 241 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 244 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.