Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 40.2°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In April its highs average 39.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ouahigouya, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 39.0°C; Ouahigouya is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 40.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ouahigouya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 40.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 5.4 | 1.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.0°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 14 | 4.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 38 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 108 | 15.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 168 | 19.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 85 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 18 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 32.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
April in nearby cities
- Koudougou in AprilBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 26.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Kaya in AprilBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AprilBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 26.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Saaba in AprilBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Mopti in AprilMali · 215 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Houndé in AprilBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Pouytenga in AprilBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 10 mm rain
- San in AprilMali · 270 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 8.8 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 Ouahigouya) is explained once on the Ouahigouya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.