Climate averages 1991–2020

Pouytenga weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 17.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Pouytenga: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Fada N'gourma (88 km away). In January its highs average 33.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pouytenga, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Pouytenga ranks joint 6th of 10 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 32.9°C; Pouytenga is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pouytenga, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Pouytenga

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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 limits

How 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.