Climate averages 1991–2020
Fada N'gourma 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 Fada N'gourma: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pouytenga (88 km away). In July its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Fada N'gourma, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Fada N'gourma ranks 6th of 10 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 31.6°C; Fada N'gourma is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 196 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
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, selected | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Pouytenga in JulyBurkina Faso · 88 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Bawku in JulyGhana · 129 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in JulyGhana · 194 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Kaya in JulyBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Saaba in JulyBurkina Faso · 196 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Niamey in JulyNiger · 249 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Kara in JulyTogo · 293 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 233 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.