Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In December its highs average 33.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Ouahigouya, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks joint 9th of 10 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 33.4°C; Ouahigouya is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Koudougou in DecemberBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Kaya in DecemberBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in DecemberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Saaba in DecemberBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Mopti in DecemberMali · 215 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Houndé in DecemberBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Pouytenga in DecemberBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0 mm rain
- San in DecemberMali · 270 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 0 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.