Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in June.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In June its highs average 35.0°C, 2.6°C cooler than Ouahigouya, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 10 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 10 cities is 35.0°C; Ouahigouya is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Koudougou in JuneBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Kaya in JuneBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JuneBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Saaba in JuneBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Mopti in JuneMali · 215 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 28.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Houndé in JuneBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Pouytenga in JuneBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 44 mm rain
- San in JuneMali · 270 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.5°C · 43 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.