Climate averages 1991–2020
Pouytenga weather
in June.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Pouytenga: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fada N'gourma (88 km away). In June its highs average 35.3°C, about as warm as Pouytenga, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Pouytenga ranks joint 4th of 10 for the warmest June highs and 3rd of 10 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 10 cities is 35.0°C; Pouytenga is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Fada N'gourma in JuneBurkina Faso · 88 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Saaba in JuneBurkina Faso · 108 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kaya in JuneBurkina Faso · 117 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in JuneBurkina Faso · 121 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Bawku in JuneGhana · 134 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in JuneGhana · 169 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Koudougou in JuneBurkina Faso · 211 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Ouahigouya in JuneBurkina Faso · 261 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 38 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.