Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouahigouya weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Ouahigouya: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Koudougou (147 km away). In October its highs average 33.9°C, 2.2°C cooler than Ouahigouya, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Ouahigouya ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 33.8°C; Ouahigouya is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Koudougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 147 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kaya in OctoberBurkina Faso · 154 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 165 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Saaba in OctoberBurkina Faso · 173 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Mopti in OctoberMali · 215 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Houndé in OctoberBurkina Faso · 260 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Pouytenga in OctoberBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- San in OctoberMali · 270 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 26 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.