Bouaké climate

Name: Bouaké
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Bouaké is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (221 mm) and December the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bouaké averages 1,301 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Ivory Coast · population 832,371 · 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 February 34 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month December 14 mm
Wettest month September 221 mm
Least cloud January 37 % cloud
Hottest on record March 40 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectBouaké through the year

Bouaké has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 34 °C in February, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 237 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 221 mm against 14 mm in December — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.9 °C	19 mm	37 %
February	34.3 °C	46 mm	49 %
March	33.5 °C	95 mm	68 %
April	32.3 °C	119 mm	76 %
May	31.2 °C	124 mm	78 %
June	29.6 °C	142 mm	77 %
July	28.2 °C	147 mm	82 %
August	27.9 °C	181 mm	85 %
September	28.9 °C	221 mm	80 %
October	29.9 °C	141 mm	71 %
November	31.0 °C	52 mm	59 %
December	32.7 °C	14 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.9 °C	20.4 °C	26.8 °C	37.1 °C	14.8 °C	31	31
February	34.3 °C	22.0 °C	27.6 °C	38.9 °C	15.9 °C	28	28
March	33.5 °C	23.2 °C	27.5 °C	39.5 °C	18.2 °C	31	30
April	32.3 °C	23.3 °C	27.0 °C	36.1 °C	21.3 °C	30	28
May	31.2 °C	23.0 °C	26.3 °C	35.2 °C	20.6 °C	31	25
June	29.6 °C	22.1 °C	25.1 °C	33.7 °C	20.1 °C	30	13
July	28.2 °C	21.5 °C	24.1 °C	32.1 °C	18.9 °C	29	3
August	27.9 °C	21.4 °C	23.9 °C	33.4 °C	17.7 °C	29	2
September	28.9 °C	21.5 °C	24.3 °C	32.6 °C	19.8 °C	29	8
October	29.9 °C	21.8 °C	24.9 °C	33.0 °C	19.2 °C	31	16
November	31.0 °C	21.9 °C	25.7 °C	35.0 °C	17.1 °C	30	23
December	32.7 °C	20.9 °C	26.2 °C	35.8 °C	15.3 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	3	12 h/day	37 %	49 %	11 km/h
February	46 mm	7	12 h/day	49 %	58 %	12 km/h
March	95 mm	14	12 h/day	68 %	71 %	12 km/h
April	119 mm	17	12 h/day	76 %	77 %	12 km/h
May	124 mm	18	12 h/day	78 %	80 %	11 km/h
June	142 mm	20	13 h/day	77 %	82 %	11 km/h
July	147 mm	22	13 h/day	82 %	83 %	12 km/h
August	181 mm	23	12 h/day	85 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	221 mm	26	12 h/day	80 %	85 %	10 km/h
October	141 mm	21	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	9.5 km/h
November	52 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	78 %	10 km/h
December	14 mm	3	12 h/day	40 %	63 %	10 km/h

How Bouaké 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
Bouaké	34 °C	20 °C	1,301 mm	360
Yamoussoukro · Ivory Coast	34 °C	22 °C	1,043 mm	362
Sinfra · Ivory Coast	33 °C	21 °C	1,106 mm	361
Daloa · Ivory Coast	33 °C	21 °C	1,164 mm	361
Gagnoa · Ivory Coast	32 °C	22 °C	1,153 mm	361
Korhogo · Ivory Coast	36 °C	18 °C	1,058 mm	362

Where Bouaké ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	36thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	37thof 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bouaké’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bouaké?

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, February is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bouaké get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 237 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bouaké?

September, averaging 221 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is December with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,301 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 Bouaké 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.