Ouagadougou climate

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Ouagadougou is warmest in April, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (198 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ouagadougou averages 553 mm of rain and 365 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 18 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 198 mm
Least cloud December 27 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectOuagadougou through the year

Ouagadougou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 39 °C in April, a swing of 8.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 334 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in December to 198 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.8 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
February	35.7 °C	1 mm	27 %
March	38.5 °C	2 mm	42 %
April	39.5 °C	12 mm	55 %
May	38.3 °C	25 mm	57 %
June	35.5 °C	50 mm	50 %
July	32.2 °C	127 mm	64 %
August	30.2 °C	198 mm	73 %
September	31.5 °C	105 mm	58 %
October	34.4 °C	33 mm	44 %
November	35.5 °C	1 mm	33 %
December	33.4 °C	0 mm	27 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.8 °C	17.6 °C	24.9 °C	39.1 °C	12.1 °C	31	27
February	35.7 °C	19.9 °C	27.6 °C	41.6 °C	13.5 °C	28	28
March	38.5 °C	23.2 °C	30.9 °C	42.0 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
April	39.5 °C	26.4 °C	32.9 °C	43.2 °C	18.9 °C	30	30
May	38.3 °C	27.2 °C	32.4 °C	42.7 °C	22.6 °C	31	31
June	35.5 °C	25.6 °C	30.1 °C	40.7 °C	22.0 °C	30	30
July	32.2 °C	23.8 °C	27.5 °C	37.5 °C	21.3 °C	31	27
August	30.2 °C	22.8 °C	26.1 °C	35.3 °C	20.6 °C	31	18
September	31.5 °C	23.1 °C	26.8 °C	36.3 °C	20.0 °C	30	24
October	34.4 °C	23.7 °C	28.7 °C	38.8 °C	18.3 °C	31	30
November	35.5 °C	20.5 °C	27.9 °C	38.3 °C	15.1 °C	30	30
December	33.4 °C	18.2 °C	25.5 °C	37.5 °C	13.6 °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	1 mm	0	12 h/day	27 %	15 %	15 km/h
March	2 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	18 %	14 km/h
April	12 mm	3	12 h/day	55 %	33 %	14 km/h
May	25 mm	6	13 h/day	57 %	49 %	15 km/h
June	50 mm	9	13 h/day	50 %	61 %	15 km/h
July	127 mm	17	13 h/day	64 %	72 %	15 km/h
August	198 mm	22	13 h/day	73 %	80 %	14 km/h
September	105 mm	14	12 h/day	58 %	78 %	12 km/h
October	33 mm	6	12 h/day	44 %	62 %	11 km/h
November	1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	30 %	12 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	27 %	22 %	13 km/h

Where Ouagadougou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in December	1st of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	1st of 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Africa in March	8th of 50	39 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	8th of 50	39 °C
The warmest places in Africa in November	12th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa year-round	14th of 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ouagadougou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ouagadougou?

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 Ouagadougou get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 334 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 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ouagadougou?

August, averaging 198 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 553 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 Ouagadougou 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: 12.366°, -1.534° (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.