Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouagadougou weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ouagadougou: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (13 km away). In January its highs average 32.7°C, about as warm as Ouagadougou, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou ranks joint 6th of 10 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 32.9°C; Ouagadougou is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Saaba in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 13 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Koudougou in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kaya in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Pouytenga in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in JanuaryGhana · 191 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bawku in JanuaryGhana · 202 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.1 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.