Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouagadougou weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ouagadougou: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (13 km away). In July its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Ouagadougou, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou ranks joint 3rd of 10 for the warmest July highs and joint 5th of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 31.6°C; Ouagadougou is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Saaba in JulyBurkina Faso · 13 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Koudougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Kaya in JulyBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Pouytenga in JulyBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JulyBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in JulyGhana · 191 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Bawku in JulyGhana · 202 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in JulyBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 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.