Climate averages 1991–2020
Houndé weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Houndé: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bobo-Dioulasso (92 km away). In September its highs average 28.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Houndé, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Houndé ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest September highs and 8th of 10 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 10 cities is 30.9°C; Houndé is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 92 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Jirapa in SeptemberGhana · 139 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Koudougou in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Banfora in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 157 mm rain
- Wa in SeptemberGhana · 195 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Koutiala in SeptemberMali · 234 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Sikasso in SeptemberMali · 235 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 236 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 108 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.