Gourcy weather in July

In July, Gourcy sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 105 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gourcy's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gourcy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 105 mm; 17 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:54 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Gourcy is city in Burkina Faso.

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 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical July day in Gourcy reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°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 2°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)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	33	25
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

How July really feels in Gourcy

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

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.

Gourcy weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 8th-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	31° / 17°	0	0.1	11.3	5.9
Feb	34° / 19°	0	0	11.6	4.0
Mar	37° / 23°	1	0.3	11.9	1.7
Apr	39° / 26°	6	1.9	12.3	0.5
May	39° / 27°	15	5	12.6	0.8
Jun	36° / 26°	38	9.1	12.8	2.2
Jul	33° / 24°	105	17	12.7	3.1
Aug	31° / 23°	171	20	12.4	3.4
Sep	32° / 24°	84	13.8	12.1	3.4
Oct	35° / 23°	20	5	11.7	2.6
Nov	35° / 20°	0	0.1	11.4	3.1
Dec	32° / 17°	0	0	11.2	5.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. 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 (%)	68	68	66	65	65	63	63	61	60	58	57	56	54	53	52	51	50	49	47	47	47	47	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	42	41
Cloudier (%)	32	32	34	35	35	37	37	39	40	42	43	44	46	47	48	49	50	51	53	53	53	53	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	58	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	41	59

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gourcy gets around 105 mm of rain over 17 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 54% and peaks near 63% 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 (%)	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	52	53	54	55	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	44
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	55
15	56
16	57
17	57
18	58
19	58
20	59
21	59
22	60
23	60
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

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 89% 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 (%)	27	26	24	23	22	21	19	18	17	16	15	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Oppressive (%)	73	74	76	77	78	79	81	82	83	84	85	86	88	89	90	91	92	93	93	94	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 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 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:34 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)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:50	6:36
2	12.8	5:50	6:36
3	12.8	5:50	6:36
4	12.8	5:50	6:36
5	12.8	5:51	6:36
6	12.8	5:51	6:36
7	12.8	5:51	6:36
8	12.7	5:52	6:36
9	12.7	5:52	6:36
10	12.7	5:52	6:36
11	12.7	5:52	6:37
12	12.7	5:53	6:36
13	12.7	5:53	6:36
14	12.7	5:53	6:36
15	12.7	5:54	6:36
16	12.7	5:54	6:36
17	12.7	5:54	6:36
18	12.7	5:54	6:36
19	12.7	5:55	6:36
20	12.7	5:55	6:36
21	12.7	5:55	6:36
22	12.7	5:55	6:36
23	12.7	5:56	6:35
24	12.7	5:56	6:35
25	12.6	5:56	6:35
26	12.6	5:56	6:35
27	12.6	5:57	6:35
28	12.6	5:57	6:34
29	12.6	5:57	6:34
30	12.6	5:57	6:34
31	12.6	5:58	6:34

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 6.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Gourcy

In seasonPeak

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

Gourcy sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Gourcy?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gourcy.

What to pack for Gourcy in July

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

In July, Gourcy sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gourcy 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 Gourcy peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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	12	14	10	11	11	11	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Gourcy 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 Gourcy is worst in March — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 15 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)	64	74	75	59	40	32	19	15	19	31	39	54
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	74	Unhealthy
Mar	75	Unhealthy
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	40	Poor
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	39	Poor
Dec	54	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Gourcy?

Gourcy sits at 13.2°N, 2.4°W, 331 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Yako, 30 km away.

Topography around Gourcy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gourcy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 327 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m.

The land around Gourcy is covered by grassland (39%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (38%), cropland (30%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%), cropland (26%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

47 m

grassland 39%

16 km

75 m

grassland 38%

80 km

282 m

grassland 44%

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

July weather nearby: Yako 30 km · Ouahigouya 42 km · Titao 70 km · Toma 77 km · Tougan 78 km · Boussé 79 km · Kouka 84 km · Kongoussi 90 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 Gourcy (13.2078°, -2.3589°, elevation 331 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	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	33	25
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	44
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	55
15	56
16	57
17	57
18	58
19	58
20	59
21	59
22	60
23	60
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	33	25
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	44
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	55
15	56
16	57
17	57
18	58
19	58
20	59
21	59
22	60
23	60
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	33	25
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	44
5	45
6	46
7	47
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	52
12	53
13	54
14	55
15	56
16	57
17	57
18	58
19	58
20	59
21	59
22	60
23	60
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	63

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	5	95
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98