Kaya, Burkina Faso climate

BSh Hot semi-arid

Kaya has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Hot semi-arid, Köppen BSh). The hottest month is April with an average daily high near 104°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 64°F at night. Precipitation totals about 32 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 8.3 inches while January barely receives 0.00 inches.

☀️ Summers

Very hot

Highs near 104°F in April.

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 64°F in January.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 32 in 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)

Kaya climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	92	97	102	104	101	96	91	88	91	97	98	94
Avg temp (°F)	78	83	89	93	91	86	82	81	82	86	83	79
Avg low (°F)	64	69	76	81	81	77	74	73	73	75	69	64
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.4	3.6	7.6	8.3	6.4	1.3	0.2	0.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	92	97	102	104	101	96
Avg temp (°F)	78	83	89	93	91	86
Avg low (°F)	64	69	76	81	81	77
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.4	3.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	91	88	91	97	98	94
Avg temp (°F)	82	81	82	86	83	79
Avg low (°F)	74	73	73	75	69	64
Precipitation (in)	7.6	8.3	6.4	1.3	0.2	0.1

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	26	27	56	65	68	61	69	74	56	41	26	24
Relative humidity (%)	24	19	21	36	50	61	72	80	78	67	44	32
Wind speed (mph)	5.0	5.0	4.4	4.3	4.9	4.3	3.2	2.4	2.1	2.4	3.1	4.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	26	27	56	65	68	61
Relative humidity (%)	24	19	21	36	50	61
Wind speed (mph)	5.0	5.0	4.4	4.3	4.9	4.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	69	74	56	41	26	24
Relative humidity (%)	72	80	78	67	44	32
Wind speed (mph)	3.2	2.4	2.1	2.4	3.1	4.3

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Ouagadougou, a weather station, about 94 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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