Climate and average weather in Bouna

In Bouna, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and partly cloudy and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: early June to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bouna typically varies from 20°C to 37°C, and is rarely below 18°C or above 39°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bouna for warm-weather activities is from early June to late January.

Hottest
Mar
37°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Aug
179 mm
Driest
Dec
2 mm
Rain / yr
866 mm
138 wet days
Daylight
11.5–12.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
318 m
9.3°N
Clearest
Dec
29% cloud

Bouna is city of côte d'ivoire.

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

Bouna weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bouna, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.8 months, from January 25 to April 20, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Bouna is March, with an average high of 37°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from July 1 to September 29, with daily high temperatures below 30°C. The coldest month of the year in Bouna is August, with an average low of 22°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in January.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3420
Feb3623
Mar3725
Apr3525
May3424
Jun3223
Jul3023
Aug2922
Sep3022
Oct3223
Nov3422
Dec3420

How hot and cold Bouna really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Bouna feels like about 40°C (around April 8). About 359 days a year carry some heat stress, and 34 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34342020
Feb36362323
Mar38372525
Apr39352525
May38342424
Jun35322323
Jul33302323
Aug32292222
Sep33302222
Oct36322323
Nov35342222
Dec34342020

Average hourly temperature in Bouna

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on March afternoons, near 37°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bouna weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°30.711.53.7
Feb36° / 23°10211.72.3
Mar37° / 25°387.411.91.7
Apr35° / 25°7613.612.22.1
May34° / 24°8915.812.42.7
Jun32° / 23°8715.912.53.5
Jul30° / 23°12820.112.53.8
Aug29° / 22°17923.112.33.7
Sep30° / 22°16622.312.13.6
Oct32° / 23°7513.211.83.7
Nov34° / 22°133.111.63.4
Dec34° / 20°20.511.53.8

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bouna gets about 866 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.5 months, from around Apr 5 to Oct 18, peaking in August at about 80% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 179 mm over about 23 wet days; December is the driest, with 2 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 31 · 80%Jan 1 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan21
Feb82
Mar247
Apr4414
May5116
Jun5316
Jul6420
Aug7523
Sep7422
Oct4213
Nov113
Dec21

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bouna collects about 866 mm of rain across 138 wet days — roughly 72 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 179 mm, while December is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 55% of the year’s total.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3103876898712817916675132
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan31
Feb102
Mar387
Apr7614
May8916
Jun8716
Jul12820
Aug17923
Sep16622
Oct7513
Nov133
Dec21

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bouna, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around March 17. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 84% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 18 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around October 6. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 86% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 23 · 87%Aug 14 · 12%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8020
Feb7327
Mar5149
Apr3862
May3466
Jun3367
Jul1882
Aug1486
Sep2971
Oct5743
Nov7426
Dec8416

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 21, brings about 12 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 1 hour.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.56:366:07
Feb11.76:366:17
Mar11.96:246:20
Apr12.26:066:18
May12.45:566:21
Jun12.55:566:28
Jul12.56:036:32
Aug12.36:076:25
Sep12.16:056:08
Oct11.86:035:51
Nov11.66:105:44
Dec11.56:245:52

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bouna averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around Oct 12 to Mar 15. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 1 sunny days — about 97% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2522 daysJul 310 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan21Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar10Mixed
Apr6Gloomy
May5Gloomy
Jun3Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct11Mixed
Nov16Bright
Dec21Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Bouna, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.0 months, from around March 17 to November 15. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 16 to March 16, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 90% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 3 · 95%Apr 30 · 0%oppressivehumidmuggydrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan8554600
Feb617111640
Mar1961338240
Apr01223730
May0005951
Jun0005950
Jul00010900
Aug0007930
Sep0001990
Oct00110870
Nov1581734250
Dec688111110

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bouna is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 8.1 months, from around Dec 18 to Aug 20. The windiest month is April, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 21 to Dec 17, with September the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeApr 5 · 9 km/hSep 27 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec8calm

Hazard calendar for Bouna

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Bouna's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Best time to visit Bouna

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bouna throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid June, Bouna is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bouna for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to late January, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 2 · 4.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.7fair
Feb2.3poor
Mar1.8poor
Apr2.1poor
May2.7poor
Jun3.5fair
Jul3.8fair
Aug3.7fair
Sep3.6fair
Oct3.7fair
Nov3.4poor
Dec3.8fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bouna for hot-weather activities is from late October to early February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 1 · 7.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bouna, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around March (highs near 37°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 29°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In March, Bouna sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bouna by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bouna peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 23UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Bouna

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in September the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan6.54
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr86
May86
Jun85.5
Jul85.5
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.53.5

Air quality in Bouna by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bouna is worst in December — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.5× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 1898 µg/m³Aug 1712 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar36Poor
Apr34Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov39Poor
Dec104Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bouna is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bouna banks about 6,509 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan536
Feb547
Mar641
Apr600
May583
Jun520
Jul500
Aug484
Sep479
Oct535
Nov546
Dec537

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bouna receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.3 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.5 months, from around Oct 15 to May 31. The brightest month is February, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.4 kWh/m² — roughly 30% less than the February peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 276.2 kWhAug 204.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.0Bright
Feb6.2Intense
Mar6.2Intense
Apr6.1Intense
May5.8Bright
Jun5.1Bright
Jul4.5Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep4.8Bright
Oct5.5Bright
Nov5.7Bright
Dec5.8Bright

Where is Bouna?

Bouna sits at 9.3°N, 3.0°W, 318 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Batié, 69 km away.

BatiéDoropoFlakièdougouWaGaouaBondoukouJirapa

Topography around Bouna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bouna has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m.

The land around Bouna is covered by shrubs (35%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (58%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
136 m
80 km
422 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Batié 69 km · Doropo 71 km · Flakièdougou 89 km · Wa 103 km · Gaoua 120 km · Damongo 131 km · Bondoukou 138 km · Jirapa 145 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,050
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
36%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
24.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 393

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 Bouna (9.2693°, -2.9951°, elevation 318 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).