Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In January its highs average 33.0°C, 1.6°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 January highs and joint 4th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 32.9°C; Ouahigouya is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Koudougou in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kaya in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Saaba in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Mopti in JanuaryMali · 215 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Houndé in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Pouytenga in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- San in JanuaryMali · 270 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.0 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.