Banfora, Burkina Faso climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Banfora has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is March with an average daily high near 38°C, while the coldest is August averaging around 22°C at night. Precipitation totals about 968 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 259 mm while December barely receives 1 mm.

☀️ All year

Very hot

Daytime highs near 38°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 22°C.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 968 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Banfora climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	36	38	37	35	33	30	30	31	33	35	33
Avg temp (°C)	26	29	31	31	30	28	26	26	26	28	28	27
Avg low (°C)	20	23	25	26	25	23	22	22	22	22	22	20
Precipitation (mm)	2	6	13	43	89	120	174	259	183	68	9	1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	33	36	38	37	35	33
Avg temp (°C)	26	29	31	31	30	28
Avg low (°C)	20	23	25	26	25	23
Precipitation (mm)	2	6	13	43	89	120

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	30	30	31	33	35	33
Avg temp (°C)	26	26	26	28	28	27
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	20
Precipitation (mm)	174	259	183	68	9	1

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	28	31	49	65	66	57	65	71	61	47	29	27
Relative humidity (%)	26	22	30	48	61	70	79	84	83	76	55	37
Wind speed (m/s)	2.8	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.6	2.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	28	31	49	65	66	57
Relative humidity (%)	26	22	30	48	61	70
Wind speed (m/s)	2.8	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	65	71	61	47	29	27
Relative humidity (%)	79	84	83	76	55	37
Wind speed (m/s)	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.6	2.3

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Bobo Dioulasso, a weather station, about 74 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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