Climate Kaya Airport 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	61.2	46	68	80	68	35
February	51.9	44	61	71	39	57
March	62.7	51	86	58	33	72
April	81.1		83	97	83	67
May	95.7		98	97	91	99
June	96.3		92	98	96	99
July	90.3		94	96	88	89
August	85.6		83	87	81	84
September	92.0		96	88	98	84
October	90.5		86	89	99	82
November	76.4		76	83	88	78
December	68.1		55	71	81	79
Average	76.3	47.3	82.3	85.7	79.5	77.3

1st 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	75.1	64	77	87	85	49
February	67.3	59	74	82	61	68
March	75.6	64	92	69	46	81
April	90.0		90	97	96	75
May	98.1		99	99	95	99
June	98.8		97	99	99	100
July	98.2		98	100	97	99
August	97.6		98	98	97	97
September	98.3		99	98	99	96
October	94.9		92	94	100	88
November	88.7		88	93	96	93
December	81.6		71	83	91	90
Average	86.2	62.4	90.2	92.3	89.2	86.5

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	33.2	35	33	32	35	32
February	35.6	36	36	36	36	35
March	39.0	41	39	39	39	39
April	39.6		40	39	41	40
May	37.9		39	38	39	39
June	34.5		35	34	34	35
July	32.0		33	32	32	33
August	30.7		31	31	31	30
September	32.3		34	30	33	31
October	35.1		36	35	37	34
November	36.6		37	36	37	37
December	33.9		34	34	34	36
Average	35.2	37.1	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	27.8		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	23.0	21.8	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.

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
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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.9	8	7	10	8	9
February	8.1	8	9	8	8	9
March	6.9	6	7	7	7	7
April	6.4		6	7	7	7
May	7.0		7	7	7	7
June	6.8		7	6	7	8
July	6.5		6	7	7	7
August	6.1		6	6	6	7
September	5.5		6	5	6	6
October	5.3		5	6	5	6
November	6.4		6	7	6	8
December	7.7		8	8	9	8
Average	6.8	7.3	6.7	6.8	6.9	7.2

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	059°	057°	051°	059°	058°
February	053°	071°	060°	066°	060°
March	054°	083°	050°	058°	056°
April		307°	234°	135°	231°
May		216°	213°	220°	216°
June		213°	226°	209°	214°
July		200°	221°	215°	213°
August		194°	228°	213°	220°
September		197°	185°	192°	197°
October		178°	119°	208°	145°
November		063°	066°	053°	060°
December		055°	068°	065°	061°

Prevailing wind direction

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