Weather in Centre-Ouest

Calculated from weather data of Ouagadougou Airport (DFFD) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.2	34.6	33.2	31.8	35.3	32.2
February	35.6	36.2	35.7	35.6	35.8	34.7
March	39.0	40.5	39.1	38.5	38.5	39.3
April	39.7	40.7	39.6	38.7	40.6	40.0
May	37.9		38.7	37.6	38.5	38.7
June	34.5		35.3	33.6	34.3	35.2
July	32.0		32.8	32.2	31.5	32.6
August	30.7		31.3	30.6	30.5	30.0
September	32.3		33.6	30.1	33.2	31.3
October	35.1		36.1	34.7	36.6	34.2
November	36.6		37.2	35.5	37.2	37.1
December	33.9		33.8	34.2	34.2	35.6
Average	35.3	38.0	35.5	34.4	35.5	35.0

1st highest temperature of Burkina Faso

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.8	18	18	18	19	18
February	20.8	21	22	20	21	20
March	25.7	27	26	26	26	26
April	28.0	29	27	27	28	29
May	27.3		27	27	28	29
June	25.0		25	25	24	26
July	23.8		24	24	24	24
August	22.9		23	23	23	23
September	23.5		24	22	24	23
October	24.1		25	23	25	23
November	21.4		23	20	22	21
December	18.7		18	20	19	20
Average	23.3	23.7	23.5	23.0	23.4	23.3

2nd lowest temperature of Burkina Faso

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	120	342	302	328	314
25 °C or warmer	121	364	350	364	357
20 °C or warmer	121	365	353	365	361
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.5		0	1	0	0
June	0.4		0	2	0	0
July	2.8		1	3	5	2
August	5.7		3	6	4	9
September	2.3		2	2	3	2
October	0.2		0	0	1	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.9		0.4	1.3	1.0	1.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.7	14	14	18	15	17
February	15.1	14	16	15	16	17
March	12.8	12	13	12	13	12
April	12.0	12	12	12	13	13
May	12.9		13	12	14	13
June	12.6		13	11	13	14
July	12.1		12	13	13	13
August	11.3		11	11	10	13
September	10.3		11	10	11	11
October	9.9		9	11	10	10
November	11.8		11	14	12	14
December	14.3		15	14	16	14
Average	12.6	13.2	12.4	12.7	12.9	13.4

1st highest wind speed of Burkina Faso

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
February	NE	E	NE	NE	NE
March	NE	E	NE	NE	NE
April	NW	NW	SW	SE	SW
May		SW	SW	SW	SW
June		SW	SW	SW	SW
July		S	SW	SW	SW
August		S	SW	SW	SW
September		S	S	S	S
October		S	SE	SW	SE
November		NE	NE	NE	NE
December		NE	E	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Centre-Ouest weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Centre-Ouest?

The warmest month is April with an average temperature of 40 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Centre-Ouest?

The coldest month is August with an average daytime temperature of 31 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Centre-Ouest?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in August with a probability of around 5.7 %.

Which month is the driest in Centre-Ouest?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in January. The probability is about 0.0 %.