Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouagadougou weather
in November.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a very hot month in Ouagadougou: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (13 km away). In November its highs average 35.4°C, about as warm as Ouagadougou, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest November highs and joint 4th of 10 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 10 cities is 35.1°C; Ouagadougou is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Saaba in NovemberBurkina Faso · 13 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Koudougou in NovemberBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kaya in NovemberBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Pouytenga in NovemberBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in NovemberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in NovemberGhana · 191 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Bawku in NovemberGhana · 202 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in NovemberBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 1.1 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.