Climate averages 1991–2020
Houndé weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Houndé: daytime highs average 36.4°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bobo-Dioulasso (92 km away). In May its highs average 35.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Houndé, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Houndé ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 10 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 10 cities is 37.6°C; Houndé is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 70 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MayBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Jirapa in MayGhana · 139 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Koudougou in MayBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Banfora in MayBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Wa in MayGhana · 195 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Koutiala in MayMali · 234 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Sikasso in MayMali · 235 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in MayBurkina Faso · 236 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 27.2°C · 26 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.