Climate Houndé Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bobo Dioulasso Airport (DFOO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	61.3	50	64	70	82	23
February	50.1	57	48	46	61	44
March	77.7	81	98	62	60	80
April	90.0		95	96	91	75
May	96.3		93	97	95	98
June	95.6		92	96	99	98
July	90.2		93	88	87	90
August	83.6		86	88	82	80
September	90.6		92	86	94	87
October	93.7		96	92	99	86
November	85.0		92	76	97	72
December	66.3		58	65	66	83
Average	79.6	63.1	84.2	80.7	84.6	77.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Burkina Faso

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.6	72	78	80	94	36
February	68.9	76	72	58	80	63
March	85.2	85	99	73	72	91
April	93.0		100	99	95	77
May	98.2		98	99	96	99
June	99.6		100	99	100	100
July	98.7		99	99	99	99
August	98.9		99	99	99	99
September	98.5		98	97	99	99
October	97.5		99	98	99	93
November	95.1		99	96	99	86
December	85.0		76	81	89	97
Average	89.6	77.7	93.1	90.4	93.5	87.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.3	34	33	32	35	33
February	35.5	36	35	35	36	35
March	37.3	39	37	36	37	37
April	36.8		36	36	38	37
May	35.2		36	35	35	35
June	32.0		32	31	33	32
July	30.4		31	30	30	30
August	29.3		30	29	29	29
September	30.5		31	30	31	30
October	32.6		33	33	33	32
November	34.6		35	34	36	34
December	33.6		33	33	34	35
Average	33.7	36.1	33.6	32.9	33.8	33.2

2nd 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	18.4	18	18	18	19	19
February	21.4	21	22	20	21	21
March	25.1	26	24	25	25	25
April	25.5		25	24	25	27
May	24.9		25	25	25	25
June	23.2		24	22	23	23
July	22.7		23	22	23	23
August	21.2		22	22	21	22
September	21.4		23	22	21	22
October	22.1		24	22	23	22
November	20.3		22	17	21	22
December	18.5		17	19	19	20
Average	22.0	21.7	22.2	21.5	22.1	22.4

1st lowest temperature of Burkina Faso

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	0	1	0	0
April	0.4		1	2	0	0
May	0.6		0	0	1	0
June	1.0		2	0	2	0
July	1.9		2	2	3	1
August	4.6		3	5	7	4
September	3.4		4	7	3	3
October	1.1		1	0	1	2
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.9		0.9	1.3	1.4	0.9

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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.6	8	7	9	8	8
February	7.6	8	7	7	7	8
March	6.4	6	6	6	6	6
April	6.7		6	7	7	7
May	6.6		6	6	7	7
June	6.4		7	6	6	7
July	6.6		6	7	7	7
August	6.5		6	6	6	7
September	5.3		5	5	5	6
October	5.2		5	6	5	5
November	5.9		5	6	6	7
December	7.2		8	7	8	7
Average	6.6	7.2	6.3	6.5	6.4	6.6

2nd 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	060°	054°	054°	060°	046°
February	055°	072°	064°	073°	050°
March	135°	165°	022°	068°	070°
April		206°	192°	188°	201°
May		208°	210°	206°	200°
June		205°	207°	191°	200°
July		207°	210°	208°	214°
August		211°	220°	206°	217°
September		189°	188°	177°	199°
October		187°	139°	203°	151°
November		096°	070°	080°	069°
December		056°	071°	069°	068°

Prevailing wind direction

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