Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaya weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kaya: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (87 km away). In July its highs average 32.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kaya, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Kaya ranks 2nd of 10 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 31.6°C; Kaya is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Saaba in JulyBurkina Faso · 87 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Pouytenga in JulyBurkina Faso · 117 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JulyBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Koudougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 167 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in JulyBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Bawku in JulyGhana · 243 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in JulyGhana · 257 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 132 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.