Climate averages 1991–2020
Bobo-Dioulasso weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bobo-Dioulasso: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banfora (78 km away). In January its highs average 34.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Bobo-Dioulasso, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 32.9°C; Bobo-Dioulasso is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Banfora in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Houndé in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sikasso in JanuaryMali · 150 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Koutiala in JanuaryMali · 185 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Jirapa in JanuaryGhana · 188 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in JanuaryIvory Coast · 202 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Wa in JanuaryGhana · 232 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Korhogo in JanuaryIvory Coast · 241 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 5.9 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.