Climate averages 1991–2020
Koudougou 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 Koudougou: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 16 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 Ouagadougou (91 km away). In September its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Koudougou, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Koudougou ranks 6th of 10 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 10 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 10 cities is 30.9°C; Koudougou is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 32 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
Koudougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.2°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 12 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 31 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 54 | 10.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 132 | 18.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 216 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| September, selected | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 122 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 32 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°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
September in nearby cities
- Ouagadougou in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Saaba in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 104 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Houndé in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 150 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Kaya in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 167 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Jirapa in SeptemberGhana · 194 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Pouytenga in SeptemberBurkina Faso · 211 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in SeptemberGhana · 232 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 144 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 Koudougou) is explained once on the Koudougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.