Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouagadougou weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Ouagadougou: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saaba (13 km away). In October its highs average 34.2°C, about as warm as Ouagadougou, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou ranks joint 4th of 10 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 33.8°C; Ouagadougou is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Saaba in OctoberBurkina Faso · 13 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Koudougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 91 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kaya in OctoberBurkina Faso · 94 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Pouytenga in OctoberBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in OctoberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in OctoberGhana · 191 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Bawku in OctoberGhana · 202 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in OctoberBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 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.