Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, 1.3°C cooler than Ouahigouya, with 216 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 29.7°C; Ouahigouya is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Koudougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 216 mm rain
- Kaya in AugustBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Saaba in AugustBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Mopti in AugustMali · 215 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Houndé in AugustBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Pouytenga in AugustBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 191 mm rain
- San in AugustMali · 270 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 196 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.