Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In July its highs average 31.5°C, 2.0°C cooler than Ouahigouya, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 31.6°C; Ouahigouya is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Koudougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Kaya in JulyBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Saaba in JulyBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Mopti in JulyMali · 215 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Houndé in JulyBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Pouytenga in JulyBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 105 mm rain
- San in JulyMali · 270 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 123 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.