Climate averages 1991–2020
Bobo-Dioulasso weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bobo-Dioulasso: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banfora (78 km away). In May its highs average 35.1°C, about as warm as Bobo-Dioulasso, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso ranks joint 9th of 10 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 10 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 10 cities is 37.6°C; Bobo-Dioulasso is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Banfora in MayBurkina Faso · 78 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Houndé in MayBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Sikasso in MayMali · 150 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Koutiala in MayMali · 185 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Jirapa in MayGhana · 188 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Ferkessédougou in MayIvory Coast · 202 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Wa in MayGhana · 232 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Korhogo in MayIvory Coast · 241 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 99 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.