Bobo-Dioulasso climate

Name: Bobo-Dioulasso
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Bobo-Dioulasso is warmest in March, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (247 mm) and December the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bobo-Dioulasso averages 816 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Burkina Faso · population 904,920 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 38 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 247 mm
Least cloud January 28 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C

What to expectBobo-Dioulasso through the year

Bobo-Dioulasso has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 38 °C in March, a swing of 6.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 282 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 247 mm against 0 mm in December — 12,343 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.3 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
February	35.7 °C	1 mm	31 %
March	37.5 °C	8 mm	48 %
April	37.2 °C	34 mm	62 %
May	35.2 °C	67 mm	63 %
June	32.7 °C	76 mm	55 %
July	29.7 °C	168 mm	69 %
August	28.3 °C	247 mm	77 %
September	29.1 °C	153 mm	65 %
October	31.2 °C	57 mm	49 %
November	33.5 °C	4 mm	38 %
December	33.2 °C	under 1 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.3 °C	18.4 °C	25.6 °C	38.3 °C	12.8 °C	31	29
February	35.7 °C	20.8 °C	28.1 °C	40.5 °C	14.8 °C	28	28
March	37.5 °C	23.8 °C	30.6 °C	40.7 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
April	37.2 °C	25.4 °C	31.0 °C	42.0 °C	19.8 °C	30	30
May	35.2 °C	24.9 °C	29.6 °C	40.1 °C	21.3 °C	31	31
June	32.7 °C	23.6 °C	27.7 °C	38.8 °C	20.5 °C	30	28
July	29.7 °C	22.3 °C	25.5 °C	34.6 °C	19.5 °C	31	12
August	28.3 °C	21.7 °C	24.5 °C	31.5 °C	20.2 °C	30	2
September	29.1 °C	21.8 °C	25.1 °C	32.5 °C	19.6 °C	29	8
October	31.2 °C	22.4 °C	26.5 °C	35.8 °C	16.3 °C	31	24
November	33.5 °C	20.6 °C	27.0 °C	37.2 °C	14.9 °C	30	30
December	33.2 °C	18.7 °C	25.7 °C	37.5 °C	13.7 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	20 %	15 km/h
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	18 %	15 km/h
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	48 %	28 %	15 km/h
April	34 mm	7	12 h/day	62 %	48 %	17 km/h
May	67 mm	12	13 h/day	63 %	62 %	17 km/h
June	76 mm	14	13 h/day	55 %	70 %	16 km/h
July	168 mm	21	13 h/day	69 %	79 %	16 km/h
August	247 mm	25	12 h/day	77 %	85 %	15 km/h
September	153 mm	20	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	13 km/h
October	57 mm	11	12 h/day	49 %	75 %	12 km/h
November	4 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	44 %	12 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	29 %	25 %	14 km/h

How Bobo-Dioulasso compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bobo-Dioulasso	38 °C	18 °C	816 mm	363
Sikasso · Mali	38 °C	18 °C	915 mm	363
Koutiala · Mali	39 °C	18 °C	682 mm	364
Korhogo · Ivory Coast	36 °C	18 °C	1,058 mm	362
Koudougou · Burkina Faso	39 °C	19 °C	609 mm	364

Where Bobo-Dioulasso ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in February	19thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	19thof 50	36 °C
The driest places in Africa in December	26thof 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in the world in December	26thof 50	0.02 mm
The warmest places in Africa in March	26thof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	29thof 50	38 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Bobo-Dioulasso’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bobo-Dioulasso?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bobo-Dioulasso get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 282 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bobo-Dioulasso?

August, averaging 247 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 816 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bobo-Dioulasso rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.