Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouagadougou weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ouagadougou: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (13 km away). In December its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Ouagadougou, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou ranks joint 5th of 10 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 33.4°C; Ouagadougou is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Saaba in DecemberBurkina Faso · 13 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Koudougou in DecemberBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Kaya in DecemberBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Pouytenga in DecemberBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in DecemberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in DecemberGhana · 191 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bawku in DecemberGhana · 202 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in DecemberBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 0 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.