Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouagadougou weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Ouagadougou: daytime highs average 39.6°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (13 km away). In April its highs average 39.5°C, about as warm as Ouagadougou, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest April highs and joint 4th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 39.0°C; Ouagadougou is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 38.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ouagadougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 39.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 12 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.4°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 26 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 52 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 122 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 199 | 22.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 108 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 33 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°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
April in nearby cities
- Saaba in AprilBurkina Faso · 13 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Koudougou in AprilBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 26.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Kaya in AprilBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Pouytenga in AprilBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in AprilBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in AprilGhana · 191 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Bawku in AprilGhana · 202 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in AprilBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.7°C · 14 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 Ouagadougou) is explained once on the Ouagadougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Saaba lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.