Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 38.1°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In March its highs average 38.5°C, about as warm as Ouahigouya, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks 7th of 10 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 38.3°C; Ouahigouya is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 40.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.4 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Koudougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kaya in MarchBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in MarchBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Saaba in MarchBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Mopti in MarchMali · 215 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Houndé in MarchBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Pouytenga in MarchBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 2.7 mm rain
- San in MarchMali · 270 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.3°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.