Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaya weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kaya: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (87 km away). In December its highs average 33.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kaya, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Kaya ranks joint 9th of 10 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 33.4°C; Kaya is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Kaya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.1°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 14 | 4.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 39 | 8.3 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 100 | 15.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 158 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 80 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| December, selected | 32.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
December in nearby cities
- Saaba in DecemberBurkina Faso · 87 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in DecemberBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Pouytenga in DecemberBurkina Faso · 117 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in DecemberBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Koudougou in DecemberBurkina Faso · 167 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in DecemberBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Bawku in DecemberGhana · 243 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in DecemberGhana · 257 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.1 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 Kaya) is explained once on the Kaya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.