Climate averages 1991–2020
Fada N'gourma 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 Fada N'gourma: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pouytenga (88 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Fada N'gourma, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Fada N'gourma ranks 7th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 29.7°C; Fada N'gourma is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 105 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
Fada N'gourma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.1 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.7°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 14 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 34 | 8.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 51 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 196 | 21.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 105 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 34.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Pouytenga in AugustBurkina Faso · 88 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Bawku in AugustGhana · 129 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 195 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in AugustGhana · 194 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Kaya in AugustBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Saaba in AugustBurkina Faso · 196 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Niamey in AugustNiger · 249 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Kara in AugustTogo · 293 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 305 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 Fada N'gourma) is explained once on the Fada N'gourma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.