Koudougou climate

Name: Koudougou
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Koudougou is warmest in April, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. August is the wettest month (220 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Koudougou averages 609 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

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

Warmest month April 39 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 220 mm
Least cloud January 27 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectKoudougou through the year

Koudougou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 39 °C in April, a swing of 7.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 324 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in December to 220 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.9 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
February	35.6 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
March	38.3 °C	2 mm	42 %
April	39.1 °C	12 mm	55 %
May	37.7 °C	31 mm	57 %
June	34.9 °C	52 mm	50 %
July	31.4 °C	139 mm	64 %
August	29.7 °C	220 mm	73 %
September	31.0 °C	119 mm	60 %
October	33.9 °C	32 mm	45 %
November	35.4 °C	1 mm	33 %
December	33.4 °C	0 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.9 °C	18.8 °C	25.4 °C	39.3 °C	12.4 °C	31	27
February	35.6 °C	21.1 °C	28.1 °C	41.6 °C	14.5 °C	28	27
March	38.3 °C	24.3 °C	31.2 °C	41.9 °C	16.9 °C	31	31
April	39.1 °C	26.6 °C	32.7 °C	42.7 °C	20.6 °C	30	30
May	37.7 °C	26.8 °C	31.9 °C	42.9 °C	22.0 °C	31	31
June	34.9 °C	25.3 °C	29.7 °C	40.1 °C	22.1 °C	30	30
July	31.4 °C	23.6 °C	27.1 °C	37.0 °C	21.1 °C	31	24
August	29.7 °C	22.7 °C	25.8 °C	33.8 °C	20.8 °C	31	14
September	31.0 °C	22.9 °C	26.5 °C	35.7 °C	20.3 °C	30	22
October	33.9 °C	23.7 °C	28.4 °C	38.4 °C	18.9 °C	31	30
November	35.4 °C	21.5 °C	28.2 °C	38.2 °C	17.0 °C	30	30
December	33.4 °C	19.5 °C	26.1 °C	37.5 °C	14.5 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	27 %	18 %	14 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	15 %	15 km/h
March	2 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	19 %	14 km/h
April	12 mm	3	12 h/day	55 %	36 %	14 km/h
May	31 mm	7	13 h/day	57 %	52 %	15 km/h
June	52 mm	10	13 h/day	50 %	63 %	14 km/h
July	139 mm	18	13 h/day	64 %	75 %	14 km/h
August	220 mm	22	13 h/day	73 %	82 %	13 km/h
September	119 mm	16	12 h/day	60 %	80 %	11 km/h
October	32 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	64 %	11 km/h
November	1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	31 %	12 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	28 %	21 %	14 km/h

Where Koudougou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in March	13th of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	13th of 50	38 °C
The driest places in Africa in December	14th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	14th of 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Africa in November	14th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in November	16th of 50	35 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Koudougou.

QuestionsCommon questions about Koudougou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Koudougou?

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

How hot does Koudougou get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 324 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Koudougou?

August, averaging 220 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 609 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 Koudougou 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
Data point: 12.252°, -2.367° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.