Bobo-Dioulasso weather in August

In August, Bobo-Dioulasso sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 246 mm of rain across 24.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bobo-Dioulasso's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bobo-Dioulasso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
246 mm
24.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:10 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Bobo-Dioulasso is town in Burkina Faso.

Density
6,616/km²
people per km²
Founded
1450

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bobo-Dioulasso reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Bobo-Dioulasso

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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 August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bobo-Dioulasso weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°00.111.44.6
Feb36° / 22°10.411.62.9
Mar37° / 25°92.311.91.6
Apr37° / 26°357.612.21.6
May35° / 26°6712.612.52.4
Jun32° / 24°7613.912.63.4
Jul30° / 23°16621.912.63.6
Aug29° / 23°24624.812.43.5
Sep30° / 23°14720.112.13.7
Oct32° / 23°5711.111.73.8
Nov34° / 21°40.911.53.7
Dec33° / 19°0011.44.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42080
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312377

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bobo-Dioulasso gets around 246 mm of rain over 24.8 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3078
3177

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11990
21990
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
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109calm
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129calm
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159calm
168calm
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278calm
288calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:086:38
212.56:086:38
312.56:096:38
412.56:096:37
512.56:096:37
612.56:096:37
712.56:096:36
812.46:096:36
912.46:096:36
1012.46:106:35
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.78 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bobo-Dioulasso

In seasonPeak

In August, Bobo-Dioulasso sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Bobo-Dioulasso sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bobo-Dioulasso?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bobo-Dioulasso.

What to pack for Bobo-Dioulasso in August

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

In August, Bobo-Dioulasso sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bobo-Dioulasso in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Bobo-Dioulasso peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 13Jan 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Bobo-Dioulasso in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Bobo-Dioulasso is worst in February — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorFeb 1857 µg/m³Aug 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar52Poor
Apr42Poor
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep18Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bobo-Dioulasso?

Bobo-Dioulasso sits at 11.2°N, 4.3°W, 453 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Karankasso, 38 km away.

OrodaraBanforaHoundéBamaSolenzoDiébougouNiangoloko

Topography around Bobo-Dioulasso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bobo-Dioulasso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 432 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 441 m.

The land around Bobo-Dioulasso is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, shrubs (33%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
202 m
80 km
441 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Karankasso 38 km · Orodara 72 km · Banfora 78 km · Houndé 92 km · Bama 96 km · Solenzo 113 km · Diébougou 117 km · Niangoloko 121 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 Bobo-Dioulasso (11.1806°, -4.2949°, elevation 453 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).