Climate averages 1991–2020
Houndé 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 Houndé: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bobo-Dioulasso (92 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Houndé, with 246 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Houndé ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 29.7°C; Houndé is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 140 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AugustBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Jirapa in AugustGhana · 139 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Koudougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 216 mm rain
- Banfora in AugustBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 mm rain
- Wa in AugustGhana · 195 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 224 mm rain
- Koutiala in AugustMali · 234 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 229 mm rain
- Sikasso in AugustMali · 235 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 236 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 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.