Climate averages 1991–2020
Pouytenga weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pouytenga: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fada N'gourma (88 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Pouytenga, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Pouytenga ranks 5th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 29.7°C; Pouytenga is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Pouytenga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 10 | 2.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.1°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 24 | 6.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 44 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 16.2 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 191 | 21.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 98 | 13.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 26 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
August in nearby cities
- Fada N'gourma in AugustBurkina Faso · 88 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 196 mm rain
- Saaba in AugustBurkina Faso · 108 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Kaya in AugustBurkina Faso · 117 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Bawku in AugustGhana · 134 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 195 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in AugustGhana · 169 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Koudougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 211 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 216 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in AugustBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 168 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 Pouytenga) is explained once on the Pouytenga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.