Leo Airport

DFCL · Centre-Ouest, Burkina Faso

Climate Leo Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ouagadougou Airport (DFFD) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 62.5 74 46 68 80 68
February 51.9 44 61 71 39
March 62.7 51 86 58 33
April 81.4 84 83 97 83
May 95.8 96 98 97 91
June 96.5 98 92 98 96
July 88.8 78 94 96 88
August 84.6 76 83 87 81
September 91.5 85 96 88 98
October 90.0 86 86 89 99
November 74.6 62 76 83 88
December 68.8 73 55 71 81
Average 78.8 73.8 72.4 82.3 85.7 79.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 76.4 87 64 77 87 85
February 67.3 59 74 82 61
March 75.6 64 92 69 46
April 89.9 89 90 97 96
May 98.2 99 99 99 95
June 98.9 99 97 99 99
July 98.1 98 98 100 97
August 97.6 98 98 98 97
September 98.3 98 99 98 99
October 94.9 94 92 94 100
November 87.6 80 88 93 96
December 82.5 89 71 83 91
Average 88.8 86.6 84.9 90.2 92.3 89.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 33.3 33.7 34.6 33.2 31.8 35.3
February 35.6 36.2 35.7 35.6 35.8
March 39.0 40.5 39.1 38.5 38.5
April 39.7 40.7 39.6 38.7 40.6
May 37.9 38.2 38.7 37.6 38.5
June 34.6 36.0 35.3 33.6 34.3
July 32.0 32.2 32.8 32.2 31.5
August 30.6 30.0 31.3 30.6 30.5
September 32.1 31.1 33.6 30.1 33.2
October 34.9 33.6 36.1 34.7 36.6
November 36.3 34.8 37.2 35.5 37.2
December 33.8 33.2 33.8 34.2 34.2
Average 34.8 33.7 35.1 35.5 34.4 35.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 17.9 19.3 17.8 17.6 17.6 18.5
February 20.8 20.6 21.6 20.3 20.8
March 25.7 27.0 25.5 26.3 26.3
April 28.0 29.3 27.3 27.1 27.5
May 27.4 28.1 27.3 27.0 27.5
June 25.1 26.3 24.8 24.6 24.3
July 23.9 24.6 24.0 24.1 24.1
August 23.0 23.8 23.1 22.8 22.8
September 23.6 24.3 23.8 22.3 23.5
October 24.1 24.3 25.1 23.3 24.6
November 21.2 19.8 23.3 19.8 22.0
December 18.5 17.5 18.1 19.8 18.6
Average 22.8 19.3 23.6 23.5 23.0 23.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.1 0 0 0 0
March 0.1 0 0 0 0
April 0.1 0 0 0 0
May 0.5 1 0 1 0
June 0.4 0 0 2 0
July 3.3 7 1 3 5
August 5.4 3 3 6 4
September 2.6 6 2 2 3
October 0.3 2 0 0 1
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 1.0 1.3 0.4 1.3 1.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.9 8 8 7 10 8
February 8.1 8 9 8 8
March 6.9 6 7 7 7
April 6.5 7 6 7 7
May 7.0 7 7 7 7
June 6.9 8 7 6 7
July 6.6 7 6 7 7
August 6.2 8 6 6 6
September 5.5 6 6 5 6
October 5.3 6 5 6 5
November 6.6 8 6 7 6
December 7.8 9 8 8 9
Average 6.9 7.9 7.3 6.7 6.8 6.9

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 051° 059° 057° 051° 059°
February 053° 071° 060° 066°
March 054° 083° 050° 058°
April 300° 307° 234° 135°
May 211° 216° 213° 220°
June 207° 213° 226° 209°
July 220° 200° 221° 215°
August 224° 194° 228° 213°
September 193° 197° 185° 192°
October 176° 178° 119° 208°
November 071° 063° 066° 053°
December 061° 055° 068° 065°

Prevailing wind direction

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