Climate averages 1991–2020
Pouytenga weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Pouytenga: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fada N'gourma (88 km away). In July its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Pouytenga, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Pouytenga ranks joint 3rd of 10 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 31.6°C; Pouytenga is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 191 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Fada N'gourma in JulyBurkina Faso · 88 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Saaba in JulyBurkina Faso · 108 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Kaya in JulyBurkina Faso · 117 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Bawku in JulyGhana · 134 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in JulyGhana · 169 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Koudougou in JulyBurkina Faso · 211 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JulyBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 108 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.