Burkina Faso climate
Hot semi-arid Sahel. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:Ouagadougou · Bobo-Dioulasso · Koudougou · Ouahigouya · Kaya · Banfora
Browse all 12 cities in Burkina Faso
Grouped by climate type, then by population.
BSh
Hot semi-arid
7 citiesAs
Tropical savanna (dry summer)
5 citiesA few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Burkina Faso.
Climate types in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso spans 2 climate types. All climate types:
Climate records across Burkina Faso — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Dori (86.2 °F avg) · Coolest Bobo-Dioulasso (82.5 °F avg) · Wettest Bobo-Dioulasso (38 in/yr) · Driest Dori (20 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Burkina Faso sits well between them.