Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 40.0°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In May its highs average 37.8°C, 2.1°C cooler than Ouahigouya, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 10 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 10 cities is 37.6°C; Ouahigouya is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 37.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Koudougou in MayBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Kaya in MayBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 27.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in MayBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 27.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Saaba in MayBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 27.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Mopti in MayMali · 215 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Houndé in MayBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Pouytenga in MayBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.0°C · 24 mm rain
- San in MayMali · 270 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.6°C · 20 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.