Climate averages 1991–2020
Bobo-Dioulasso weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Bobo-Dioulasso: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banfora (78 km away). In July its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Bobo-Dioulasso, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 31.6°C; Bobo-Dioulasso is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 246 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Banfora in JulyBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Houndé in JulyBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Sikasso in JulyMali · 150 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Koutiala in JulyMali · 185 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Jirapa in JulyGhana · 188 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in JulyIvory Coast · 202 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 161 mm rain
- Wa in JulyGhana · 232 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 160 mm rain
- Korhogo in JulyIvory Coast · 241 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 185 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.