Korhogo climate

Name: Korhogo
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Korhogo is warmest in March, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (247 mm) and December the driest (2.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Korhogo averages 1,058 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Ivory Coast · population 440,926 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month December 2 mm
Wettest month August 247 mm
Least cloud January 29 % cloud
Hottest on record March 40 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectKorhogo through the year

Korhogo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 34 °C in January to 36 °C in March, a swing of 5.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 270 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 247 mm against 2 mm in December — 103 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	6 mm	29 %
February	35.7 °C	13 mm	37 %
March	36.3 °C	36 mm	57 %
April	35.2 °C	72 mm	68 %
May	33.5 °C	101 mm	69 %
June	31.5 °C	109 mm	65 %
July	29.1 °C	183 mm	75 %
August	28.2 °C	247 mm	81 %
September	28.9 °C	188 mm	72 %
October	30.5 °C	84 mm	56 %
November	32.9 °C	16 mm	45 %
December	33.7 °C	2 mm	31 %

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	17.8 °C	26.0 °C	38.3 °C	11.8 °C	31	30
February	35.7 °C	19.9 °C	28.0 °C	40.1 °C	14.4 °C	28	28
March	36.3 °C	22.8 °C	29.4 °C	40.3 °C	14.8 °C	31	31
April	35.2 °C	23.9 °C	29.0 °C	39.7 °C	18.6 °C	30	30
May	33.5 °C	23.5 °C	27.9 °C	38.2 °C	20.8 °C	31	30
June	31.5 °C	22.5 °C	26.5 °C	37.3 °C	19.4 °C	30	24
July	29.1 °C	21.7 °C	24.9 °C	34.0 °C	19.0 °C	30	9
August	28.2 °C	21.5 °C	24.3 °C	32.1 °C	19.4 °C	29	3
September	28.9 °C	21.5 °C	24.6 °C	32.2 °C	19.2 °C	29	6
October	30.5 °C	21.7 °C	25.6 °C	34.4 °C	19.0 °C	31	20
November	32.9 °C	20.6 °C	26.6 °C	36.5 °C	14.5 °C	30	29
December	33.7 °C	18.1 °C	26.1 °C	36.1 °C	13.0 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	30 %	12 km/h
February	13 mm	3	12 h/day	37 %	34 %	12 km/h
March	36 mm	7	12 h/day	57 %	50 %	13 km/h
April	72 mm	13	12 h/day	68 %	64 %	13 km/h
May	101 mm	16	13 h/day	69 %	71 %	13 km/h
June	109 mm	17	13 h/day	65 %	75 %	13 km/h
July	183 mm	23	13 h/day	75 %	81 %	12 km/h
August	247 mm	27	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	12 km/h
September	188 mm	23	12 h/day	72 %	85 %	10 km/h
October	84 mm	14	12 h/day	56 %	80 %	10 km/h
November	16 mm	3	12 h/day	45 %	61 %	11 km/h
December	2 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	37 %	11 km/h

How Korhogo 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
Korhogo	36 °C	18 °C	1,058 mm	362
Sikasso · Mali	38 °C	18 °C	915 mm	363
Bouaké · Ivory Coast	34 °C	20 °C	1,301 mm	360
Bobo-Dioulasso · Burkina Faso	38 °C	18 °C	816 mm	363
Yamoussoukro · Ivory Coast	34 °C	22 °C	1,043 mm	362
Daloa · Ivory Coast	33 °C	21 °C	1,164 mm	361
Man · Ivory Coast	33 °C	21 °C	1,511 mm	358

Where Korhogo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	19thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	20thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	20thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	22ndof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	34thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	35thof 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Korhogo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Korhogo?

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 Korhogo get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 270 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 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Korhogo?

August, averaging 247 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,058 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 Korhogo 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.