Kouka weather in July

In July, Kouka sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 99 mm of rain across 16.7 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 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Kouka's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kouka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 99 mm; 16.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:50 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Kouka is place in Centre-Nord Region, 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 35°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical July day in Kouka reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 36°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)	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	25
2	35	25
3	35	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	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	32	24

How July really feels in Kouka

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.

Kouka 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	11.3	6.1
Feb	34° / 19°	0	0	11.6	4.2
Mar	37° / 23°	1	0.2	11.9	1.7
Apr	40° / 27°	4	1.5	12.3	0.3
May	39° / 28°	11	3.9	12.6	0.6
Jun	36° / 27°	33	7.8	12.8	1.9
Jul	33° / 25°	99	16.7	12.7	2.9
Aug	31° / 24°	153	19.2	12.4	3.4
Sep	33° / 24°	73	13.2	12.1	3.2
Oct	36° / 24°	16	4	11.7	2.3
Nov	35° / 20°	0	0.1	11.4	3.0
Dec	32° / 17°	0	0	11.2	5.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 42%. 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 (%)	72	71	71	69	69	68	66	65	64	63	61	60	59	58	56	55	55	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	50	49	48	47	47
Cloudier (%)	28	29	29	31	31	32	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	42	44	45	45	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	56	44
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kouka gets around 99 mm of rain over 16.7 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 53% and peaks near 62% 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 (%)	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	56	57	58	59	59	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	43
5	44
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	57
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

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 82% 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 (%)	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	12	11	10	9	7	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Oppressive (%)	56	58	60	62	64	66	68	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	85	86	88	89	90	91	93	93	94	95	96	96	97	97	97	97	98

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	40	60
4	38	62
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	32	68
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	25	75
11	23	77
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	17	83
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 5:46 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:31 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	12.8	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	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	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	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:46	6:33
2	12.8	5:47	6:33
3	12.8	5:47	6:34
4	12.8	5:47	6:34
5	12.8	5:47	6:34
6	12.8	5:48	6:34
7	12.8	5:48	6:34
8	12.8	5:48	6:34
9	12.8	5:48	6:34
10	12.8	5:49	6:34
11	12.7	5:49	6:34
12	12.7	5:49	6:34
13	12.7	5:50	6:34
14	12.7	5:50	6:34
15	12.7	5:50	6:34
16	12.7	5:50	6:34
17	12.7	5:51	6:34
18	12.7	5:51	6:34
19	12.7	5:51	6:33
20	12.7	5:52	6:33
21	12.7	5:52	6:33
22	12.7	5:52	6:33
23	12.7	5:52	6:33
24	12.7	5:53	6:33
25	12.7	5:53	6:32
26	12.7	5:53	6:32
27	12.6	5:53	6:32
28	12.6	5:54	6:32
29	12.6	5:54	6:31
30	12.6	5:54	6:31
31	12.6	5:54	6:31

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 6.26 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)	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kouka

In seasonPeak

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

Kouka 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 Kouka?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kouka.

What to pack for Kouka in July

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

In July, Kouka sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kouka in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kouka peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (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	11	14	11	11	10	10	13	12	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Kouka 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 Kouka is worst in March — around 77 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)	65	75	77	61	41	33	20	15	19	32	41	56
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	65	Unhealthy
Feb	75	Unhealthy
Mar	77	Unhealthy
Apr	61	Unhealthy
May	41	Poor
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	56	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kouka?

Kouka sits at 13.4°N, 1.6°W, 317 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Kongoussi, 15 km away.

Topography around Kouka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kouka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 322 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m.

The land around Kouka is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (27%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

42 m

grassland 47%

16 km

211 m

grassland 42%

80 km

248 m

grassland 56%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

July weather nearby: Kongoussi 15 km · Bourzanga 28 km · Titao 61 km · Kaya 69 km · Djibo 74 km · Gourcy 84 km · Yako 88 km · Ouahigouya 88 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 Kouka (13.4345°, -1.6136°, elevation 317 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	35	25
2	35	25
3	35	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	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	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	56	44
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	43
5	44
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	57
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	40	60
4	38	62
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	32	68
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	25	75
11	23	77
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	17	83
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	25
2	35	25
3	35	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	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	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	56	44
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	43
5	44
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	57
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	40	60
4	38	62
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	32	68
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	25	75
11	23	77
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	17	83
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	25
2	35	25
3	35	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	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	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	56	44
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	43
5	44
6	45
7	46
8	47
9	48
10	48
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	54
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	57
21	58
22	59
23	59
24	60
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	42	58
3	40	60
4	38	62
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	32	68
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	25	75
11	23	77
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	17	83
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98