Sabou weather in July

In July, Sabou sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 133 mm of rain across 18.5 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 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Sabou's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sabou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 133 mm; 18.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:55 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical July day in Sabou reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How July really feels in Sabou

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.

Sabou 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° / 19°	0	0.1	11.4	5.0
Feb	35° / 22°	1	0.2	11.6	3.1
Mar	38° / 25°	3	1.2	11.9	1.4
Apr	38° / 27°	18	4.3	12.3	1.0
May	37° / 27°	39	8.5	12.5	1.8
Jun	34° / 25°	59	11	12.7	3.2
Jul	31° / 24°	133	18.5	12.6	3.6
Aug	30° / 23°	214	23.1	12.4	3.5
Sep	31° / 23°	132	17.5	12.1	3.7
Oct	34° / 23°	38	7.2	11.7	3.4
Nov	35° / 21°	2	0.2	11.4	3.2
Dec	33° / 19°	0	0	11.3	4.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 64%. 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 (%)	53	52	50	49	49	48	46	45	44	42	40	39	37	37	35	34	33	32	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	47	48	50	51	51	52	54	55	56	58	60	61	63	63	65	66	67	68	70	70	71	71	71	72	73	74	74	74	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Sabou gets around 133 mm of rain over 18.5 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 59% and peaks near 70% 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 (%)	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	60
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	63
21	64
22	65
23	65
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	69
31	70

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 97% 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Oppressive (%)	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Wind in July

Winds average 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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
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29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:59 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)	12.7	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	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	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	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	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59
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	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:51	6:33
2	12.7	5:52	6:33
3	12.7	5:52	6:34
4	12.7	5:52	6:34
5	12.7	5:52	6:34
6	12.7	5:53	6:34
7	12.7	5:53	6:34
8	12.7	5:53	6:34
9	12.7	5:53	6:34
10	12.7	5:54	6:34
11	12.7	5:54	6:34
12	12.7	5:54	6:34
13	12.7	5:54	6:34
14	12.7	5:55	6:34
15	12.7	5:55	6:34
16	12.6	5:55	6:34
17	12.6	5:55	6:34
18	12.6	5:56	6:34
19	12.6	5:56	6:34
20	12.6	5:56	6:34
21	12.6	5:56	6:33
22	12.6	5:57	6:33
23	12.6	5:57	6:33
24	12.6	5:57	6:33
25	12.6	5:57	6:33
26	12.6	5:58	6:33
27	12.6	5:58	6:32
28	12.6	5:58	6:32
29	12.6	5:58	6:32
30	12.6	5:58	6:32
31	12.5	5:59	6:31

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.69 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 5.48 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)	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	6.0	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Sabou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Sabou sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Sabou?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sabou.

What to pack for Sabou in July

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

In July, Sabou sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sabou 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 Sabou peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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	11	14	11	11	11	11	12	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	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Sabou 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 Sabou is worst in February — around 74 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)	63	74	70	52	28	22	16	15	21	32	43	57
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	63	Unhealthy
Feb	74	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	52	Poor
May	28	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	57	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Sabou?

Sabou sits at 12.1°N, 2.2°W, 296 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Koudougou, 25 km away.

Topography around Sabou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sabou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 298 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m.

The land around Sabou is covered by cropland (42%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), grassland (31%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

28 m

cropland 42%

16 km

105 m

cropland 50%

80 km

301 m

cropland 42%

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

July weather nearby: Koudougou 25 km · Tita 35 km · Réo 38 km · Kokologo 41 km · Kindi 47 km · Gao 47 km · Tô 69 km · Zinguédéssé 73 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 Sabou (12.0667°, -2.2333°, elevation 296 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	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	60
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	63
21	64
22	65
23	65
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	69
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	60
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	63
21	64
22	65
23	65
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	69
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	42	58
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	49
4	50
5	51
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	60
17	61
18	62
19	62
20	63
21	64
22	65
23	65
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	69
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99