Climate and average weather in Boundiali

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

Best: early November to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Boundiali typically varies from 19°C to 36°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 38°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 Boundiali for warm-weather activities is from early November to late January.

Hottest
Mar
36°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Aug
252 mm
Driest
Dec
2 mm
Rain / yr
1086 mm
159 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
411 m
9.5°N
Clearest
Jan
30% cloud

Boundiali is city in Côte d'Ivoire.

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

Boundiali 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 November to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Boundiali stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 36°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 22°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 11°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)
Jan3319
Feb3521
Mar3624
Apr3524
May3323
Jun3122
Jul3022
Aug2922
Sep3022
Oct3222
Nov3321
Dec3319

How hot and cold Boundiali 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, Boundiali feels like about 39°C (around April 22). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, 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)
Jan33331819
Feb35352121
Mar37362324
Apr39352424
May38332323
Jun35312222
Jul33302222
Aug32292222
Sep34302222
Oct36322222
Nov35332121
Dec33331919

Average hourly temperature in Boundiali

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 36°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 22°C.

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

Boundiali 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
Jan33° / 19°71.211.54.6
Feb35° / 21°102.311.73.2
Mar36° / 24°317.111.92.3
Apr35° / 24°751412.22.3
May33° / 23°1031812.42.7
Jun31° / 22°12019.312.53.3
Jul30° / 22°18225.312.53.3
Aug29° / 22°25226.512.33.3
Sep30° / 22°19324.712.13.2
Oct32° / 22°9316.211.83.5
Nov33° / 21°193.911.64.0
Dec33° / 19°20.411.54.7

Chance of rain

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

Boundiali gets about 1086 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 6.3 months, from around Apr 13 to Oct 22, peaking in August at about 87% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 19.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 252 mm over about 27 wet days; December is the driest, with 2 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 16 · 87%Dec 19 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan41
Feb82
Mar237
Apr4614
May5918
Jun6519
Jul8125
Aug8627
Sep8125
Oct5116
Nov144
Dec20

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Boundiali collects about 1086 mm of rain across 159 wet days — roughly 91 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 252 mm, while December is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 58% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec710317510312018225219393192
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan71
Feb102
Mar317
Apr7514
May10318
Jun12019
Jul18225
Aug25227
Sep19325
Oct9316
Nov194
Dec20

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Boundiali, 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 4 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around March 20. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 21 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around October 3. 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 25 · 83%Aug 11 · 13%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8218
Feb7327
Mar5446
Apr3961
May3268
Jun3763
Jul2377
Aug1486
Sep2971
Oct5545
Nov6832
Dec8020

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 June 15, brings about 12 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 11 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.56:506:20
Feb11.76:506:31
Mar11.96:386:34
Apr12.26:206:32
May12.46:096:35
Jun12.56:106:43
Jul12.56:166:47
Aug12.36:216:40
Sep12.16:196:22
Oct11.86:176:05
Nov11.66:255:58
Dec11.56:396:06

Sunny days

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

Boundiali 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 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around Oct 16 to Mar 18. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 0 sunny days — about 98% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2621 daysAug 160 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar10Mixed
Apr5Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct9Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec19Bright

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 Boundiali, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.1 months, from around March 17 to November 19. 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 20 to March 16, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 87% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 2 · 92%Apr 25 · 0%oppressivehumidmuggydrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan8166600
Feb588141820
Mar1871741180
Apr11328670
May0005941
Jun0004960
Jul0007930
Aug0005950
Sep0002980
Oct00113850
Nov8121537290
Dec6411121120

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.

Wind in Boundiali is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeJan 3 · 8 km/hSep 23 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May7calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec8calm

Hazard calendar for Boundiali

In seasonPeak

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

Boundiali's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Best time to visit Boundiali

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid November, Boundiali 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 Boundiali for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to late January, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 1 · 5.0

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
Jan4.6fair
Feb3.2poor
Mar2.3poor
Apr2.4poor
May2.7poor
Jun3.3poor
Jul3.3poor
Aug3.3poor
Sep3.2poor
Oct3.5fair
Nov4.0fair
Dec4.7fair

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 Boundiali for hot-weather activities is from early November to mid February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 29 · 8.2

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 Boundiali, 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 36°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, Boundiali sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Boundiali 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 Boundiali peaks around March 17 at about 13 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Boundiali

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 March 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)
Jan74.5
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr86
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.53.5

Air quality in Boundiali 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 Boundiali is worst in February — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.3× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1648 µg/m³Aug 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar40Poor
Apr39Poor
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Boundiali 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. Boundiali banks about 6,197 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)
Jan485
Feb501
Mar606
Apr579
May565
Jun505
Jul486
Aug476
Sep475
Oct520
Nov510
Dec489

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.

Boundiali 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 7.6 months, from around Oct 18 to Jun 6. The brightest month is March, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.4 kWh/m² — roughly 29% less than the March peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 46.2 kWhAug 154.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.9Bright
Feb6.1Intense
Mar6.2Intense
Apr6.0Intense
May5.8Bright
Jun5.3Bright
Jul4.7Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct5.5Bright
Nov5.6Bright
Dec5.7Bright

Where is Boundiali?

Boundiali sits at 9.5°N, 6.5°W, 411 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Kolia, 27 km away.

DianraM’BenguéDikodougouKorhogoMassiogoTengrélaOdienné

Topography around Boundiali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boundiali has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 m around an average of 407 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 569 m.

The land around Boundiali is covered by artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) within 80 km.

3 km
292 m
16 km
320 m
80 km
569 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Kolia 27 km · Dianra 69 km · M’Bengué 84 km · Dikodougou 93 km · Korhogo 94 km · Massiogo 97 km · Tengréla 107 km · Odienné 118 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 Boundiali (9.5217°, -6.4869°, elevation 411 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).