Banfora weather in July

In July, Banfora sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 168 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Banfora's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Banfora's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 168 mm; 21.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:08 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; 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.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical July day in Banfora reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How July really feels in Banfora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 30 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Banfora weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 20°	1	0.2	11.4	4.8
Feb	35° / 22°	2	0.5	11.6	3.1
Mar	37° / 25°	13	3	11.9	2.0
Apr	36° / 25°	49	9.6	12.2	2.0
May	34° / 25°	75	14.3	12.5	2.7
Jun	32° / 23°	87	14.5	12.6	3.7
Jul	30° / 22°	168	21.3	12.6	3.8
Aug	29° / 22°	237	25.3	12.4	3.6
Sep	30° / 22°	157	20.8	12.1	3.8
Oct	32° / 22°	65	12.7	11.8	4.1
Nov	33° / 21°	6	1.3	11.5	4.1
Dec	33° / 19°	1	0.1	11.4	4.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	40	40	38	38	37	36	35	35	33	33	32	31	30	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	18
Cloudier (%)	60	60	62	62	63	64	65	65	67	67	68	69	70	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	76	77	77	78	78	79	80	81	81	81	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	30	70
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Banfora gets around 168 mm of rain over 21.3 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 68% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	57	57	58	59	59	60	61	61	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	77	78	78	79	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	61
8	61
9	62
10	63
11	63
12	64
13	65
14	65
15	66
16	67
17	68
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	79
31	79

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Oppressive (%)	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:04	6:41
2	12.6	6:04	6:41
3	12.6	6:04	6:41
4	12.6	6:05	6:41
5	12.6	6:05	6:41
6	12.6	6:05	6:41
7	12.6	6:05	6:41
8	12.6	6:06	6:42
9	12.6	6:06	6:42
10	12.6	6:06	6:42
11	12.6	6:06	6:42
12	12.6	6:07	6:42
13	12.6	6:07	6:42
14	12.6	6:07	6:42
15	12.6	6:07	6:42
16	12.6	6:08	6:42
17	12.6	6:08	6:42
18	12.6	6:08	6:42
19	12.6	6:08	6:41
20	12.5	6:09	6:41
21	12.5	6:09	6:41
22	12.5	6:09	6:41
23	12.5	6:09	6:41
24	12.5	6:09	6:41
25	12.5	6:10	6:41
26	12.5	6:10	6:41
27	12.5	6:10	6:40
28	12.5	6:10	6:40
29	12.5	6:10	6:40
30	12.5	6:11	6:40
31	12.5	6:11	6:40

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.94 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 — July's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Banfora

In seasonPeak

In July, Banfora sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Banfora?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Banfora.

What to pack for Banfora in July

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

In July, Banfora sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Banfora in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	10	14	11	13	11	12	12	13	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Banfora in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	46	55	43	38	21	18	13	11	15	23	25	39
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	55	Unhealthy
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	21	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	39	Poor

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.

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

artificial surfaces 45%

16 km

444 m

cropland 29%

80 km

519 m

shrubs 37%

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← June Banfora year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July 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

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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	30	70
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	61
8	61
9	62
10	63
11	63
12	64
13	65
14	65
15	66
16	67
17	68
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	79
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	30	70
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	61
8	61
9	62
10	63
11	63
12	64
13	65
14	65
15	66
16	67
17	68
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	79
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	30	70
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	60
7	61
8	61
9	62
10	63
11	63
12	64
13	65
14	65
15	66
16	67
17	68
18	69
19	70
20	71
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	79
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97