Yamoussoukro climate

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Yamoussoukro is warmest in February, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (157 mm) and December the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yamoussoukro averages 1,043 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Ivory Coast · population 275,686 · 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 August 22 °C
Driest month December 17 mm
Wettest month September 157 mm
Least cloud January 47 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectYamoussoukro through the year

Yamoussoukro has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in August to 34 °C in February, a swing of 3.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 224 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 157 mm against 17 mm in December — 9.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.1 °C	20 mm	47 %
February	33.8 °C	50 mm	58 %
March	33.3 °C	92 mm	72 %
April	32.4 °C	112 mm	77 %
May	31.4 °C	110 mm	80 %
June	29.7 °C	114 mm	79 %
July	28.6 °C	90 mm	82 %
August	28.4 °C	114 mm	85 %
September	29.0 °C	157 mm	81 %
October	29.6 °C	113 mm	75 %
November	30.1 °C	54 mm	67 %
December	31.5 °C	17 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.1 °C	22.3 °C	27.1 °C	37.2 °C	17.0 °C	31	30
February	33.8 °C	23.6 °C	27.9 °C	38.2 °C	17.4 °C	28	28
March	33.3 °C	23.9 °C	27.7 °C	38.2 °C	20.5 °C	31	31
April	32.4 °C	23.9 °C	27.2 °C	35.9 °C	22.0 °C	30	28
May	31.4 °C	23.6 °C	26.6 °C	35.5 °C	21.3 °C	31	27
June	29.7 °C	22.7 °C	25.4 °C	33.9 °C	20.1 °C	30	13
July	28.6 °C	22.1 °C	24.7 °C	31.5 °C	19.5 °C	30	4
August	28.4 °C	22.0 °C	24.5 °C	33.2 °C	18.2 °C	30	4
September	29.0 °C	22.2 °C	24.8 °C	31.9 °C	20.5 °C	29	6
October	29.6 °C	22.5 °C	25.2 °C	32.0 °C	20.7 °C	31	11
November	30.1 °C	22.5 °C	25.6 °C	33.9 °C	19.8 °C	30	16
December	31.5 °C	22.4 °C	26.3 °C	35.5 °C	17.5 °C	31	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	4	12 h/day	47 %	64 %	11 km/h
February	50 mm	8	12 h/day	58 %	68 %	12 km/h
March	92 mm	16	12 h/day	72 %	74 %	12 km/h
April	112 mm	18	12 h/day	77 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	110 mm	20	12 h/day	80 %	80 %	11 km/h
June	114 mm	20	13 h/day	79 %	81 %	11 km/h
July	90 mm	17	12 h/day	82 %	80 %	12 km/h
August	114 mm	18	12 h/day	85 %	81 %	12 km/h
September	157 mm	22	12 h/day	81 %	83 %	10 km/h
October	113 mm	21	12 h/day	75 %	84 %	9.3 km/h
November	54 mm	12	12 h/day	67 %	83 %	9.5 km/h
December	17 mm	4	12 h/day	52 %	75 %	10 km/h

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

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yamoussoukro’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yamoussoukro?

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 Yamoussoukro get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 224 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Yamoussoukro?

September, averaging 157 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is December with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,043 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 Yamoussoukro 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: 6.821°, -5.277° (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.