Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaya weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Kaya: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (87 km away). In October its highs average 34.2°C, 1.5°C cooler than Kaya, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Kaya ranks 2nd of 10 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 33.8°C; Kaya is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to under 1 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Saaba in OctoberBurkina Faso · 87 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Pouytenga in OctoberBurkina Faso · 117 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in OctoberBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Koudougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 167 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in OctoberBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Bawku in OctoberGhana · 243 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in OctoberGhana · 257 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 46 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.