Banfora weather in December

In December, Banfora sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Banfora's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Banfora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:34 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
30%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Banfora is city in Burkina Faso.

Density
126/km²
people per km²
Founded
1903

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Banfora reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Banfora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Banfora weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°10.211.44.8
Feb35° / 22°20.511.63.1
Mar37° / 25°13311.92.0
Apr36° / 25°499.612.22.0
May34° / 25°7514.312.52.7
Jun32° / 23°8714.512.63.7
Jul30° / 22°16821.312.63.8
Aug29° / 22°23725.312.43.6
Sep30° / 22°15720.812.13.8
Oct32° / 22°6512.711.84.1
Nov33° / 21°61.311.54.1
Dec33° / 19°10.111.44.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Banfora gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1721495
2741385
3771274
4781264
5811153
6831043
7831043
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Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:265:51
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in March across the year — December's 5.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Banfora

In seasonPeak

None of Banfora's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Banfora's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Banfora sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Banfora?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Banfora for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Banfora in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Banfora sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Banfora in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Banfora peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Banfora in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Banfora is worst in February — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateModerateFeb 1454 µg/m³Aug 1411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb55Unhealthy
Mar43Poor
Apr38Poor
May21Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep15Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Banfora?

Banfora sits at 10.6°N, 4.8°W, 304 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Orodara, 42 km away.

KarankassoKaouaraBobo-DioulassoOuangolodougouNambinguéDiawala

Topography around Banfora

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Banfora.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Banfora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 299 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m.

The land around Banfora is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (29%), shrubs (27%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and shrubs (37%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
444 m
80 km
519 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Orodara 42 km · Niangoloko 44 km · Karankasso 66 km · Kaouara 78 km · Bobo-Dioulasso 78 km · Ouangolodougou 86 km · Nambingué 92 km · Diawala 99 km

Burkina Faso travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,148
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
31
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 64%Roman Catholic 20%Animiste 9%Protestant 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Banfora (10.6406°, -4.7528°, elevation 304 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).