Climate averages 1991–2020

Kaya weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Kaya: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (87 km away). In January its highs average 32.7°C, 1.2°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 January highs and joint 2nd of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 32.9°C; Kaya is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kaya, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Kaya

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 limits

How 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.