Climate averages 1991–2020
Houndé weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Houndé: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bobo-Dioulasso (92 km away). In October its highs average 31.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Houndé, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Houndé ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 33.8°C; Houndé is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso in OctoberBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Jirapa in OctoberGhana · 139 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Koudougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Banfora in OctoberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Wa in OctoberGhana · 195 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Koutiala in OctoberMali · 234 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Sikasso in OctoberMali · 235 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 236 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 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.