Boulsa weather in July

In July, Boulsa sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 97 mm of rain across 15.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Boulsa's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boulsa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
97 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:48 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
61%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Boulsa is village in Burkina Faso.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical July day in Boulsa reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°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, July runs about 3°C cooler than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Boulsa

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

Boulsa weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°0011.35.6
Feb35° / 21°00.111.63.5
Mar38° / 24°10.411.91.2
Apr39° / 27°71.812.30.4
May38° / 28°175.312.61.1
Jun35° / 26°418.512.72.6
Jul32° / 24°9715.512.73.3
Aug31° / 24°17019.812.43.4
Sep32° / 24°8912.912.13.5
Oct35° / 24°194.811.72.7
Nov35° / 21°00.111.43.0
Dec33° / 18°0011.35.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26139
36040
45941
55842
65644
75545
85347
95248
105149
114951
124852
134753
144555
154456
164357
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Boulsa gets around 97 mm of rain over 15.5 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 50% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
136
237
338
439
540
641
742
843
944
1045
1146
1247
1348
1450
1551
1651
1752
1853
1954
2054
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2356
2456
2557
2657
2757
2857
2958
3058
3158

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12179
22179
32080
41981
51882
61783
71684
81585
91486
101288
111189
121090
13892
14793
15694
16595
17595
18496
19397
20397
21397
22298
23298
24298
25298
26199
27199
28199
29199
30199
31199

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 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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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 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 5:44 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:446:28
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312.75:446:28
412.75:446:28
512.75:456:28
612.75:456:28
712.75:456:28
812.75:456:28
912.75:466:28
1012.75:466:28
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1312.75:476:28
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.4Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.1Intense
116.1Intense
126.0Intense
136.0Intense
146.0Bright
155.9Bright
165.9Bright
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Boulsa

In seasonPeak

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

Boulsa sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is July a good time to visit Boulsa?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boulsa.

What to pack for Boulsa in July

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

In July, Boulsa sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Boulsa in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boulsa peaks around March 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 14UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Boulsa 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 Boulsa is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2277 µg/m³Aug 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May34Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Boulsa?

Boulsa sits at 12.7°N, 0.6°W, 313 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Yalgo, 42 km away.

PouytengaMogtédoKorsimoroBogandéKoupéla

Topography around Boulsa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boulsa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 317 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m.

The land around Boulsa is covered by grassland (51%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
247 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Yalgo 42 km · Barogo 44 km · Zorgo 47 km · Pouytenga 49 km · Mogtédo 51 km · Korsimoro 56 km · Bogandé 58 km · Koupéla 59 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 Boulsa (12.6666°, -0.5747°, elevation 313 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).