Climate averages 1991–2020
Houndé weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Houndé: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bobo-Dioulasso (92 km away). In April its highs average 37.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Houndé, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Houndé ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 39.0°C; Houndé is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Houndé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 36.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 5.3 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 28 | 6.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 58 | 12.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 70 | 13.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 149 | 20.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 223 | 24.2 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 140 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 49 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 34.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AprilBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Jirapa in AprilGhana · 139 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Koudougou in AprilBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 26.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Banfora in AprilBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Wa in AprilGhana · 195 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Koutiala in AprilMali · 234 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Sikasso in AprilMali · 235 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AprilBurkina Faso · 236 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 26.4°C · 12 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 Houndé) is explained once on the Houndé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.