Bourzanga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bourzanga?

Bourzanga has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 419 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bourzanga?

The hottest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 2024, reaching 45.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bourzanga?

The coldest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1948, at 8.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bourzanga?

Almost never: Bourzanga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bourzanga warmed?

Yes: Bourzanga warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bourzanga?

The wettest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1956, with 155 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bourzanga?

The windiest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2008, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bourzanga?

The warmest month in Bourzanga is May (33.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bourzanga?

Bourzanga receives on average 419 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bourzanga?

Bourzanga gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bourzanga (Burkina Faso) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 419 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (33.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Bourzanga averages 0 frost days, 327 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.

Bourzanga has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.4 °C (on 3 April 2024) and the coldest 8.6 °C (on 17 January 1948).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BourzangaCentre-Nord Region

coords: 13.68°, -1.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

34.8°C

Average daily low

22.1°C

Annual rainfall

419mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

41%

Average peak wind

15.9km/h

Seasonal range

10.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

327 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

70 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.7 °C

Average feels-like low

21.6 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

257 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

45.4 °C

3 April 2024

Coldest day

8.6 °C

17 January 1948

Wettest day

155 mm

28 August 1956

Windiest day

33.1 km/h

26 March 2008

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

26 March 2008

Hottest feels-like

46.8 °C

3 May 2019

Coldest feels-like

4.2 °C

17 January 1948

Sunniest day

12.2 h

19 July 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	43.9 °C12 May 2025	16.4 °C13 January 2025	29.9 °C	327 mm	344
2024	45.4 °C3 April 2024	14.2 °C27 December 2024	29.4 °C	479 mm	345
2023	44.1 °C10 May 2023	13.7 °C30 January 2023	29.5 °C	270 mm	342
2022	42.9 °C9 April 2022	13.3 °C11 January 2022	28.6 °C	358 mm	332
2021	43.2 °C16 April 2021	13.0 °C28 January 2021	29.5 °C	226 mm	360
2020	43.9 °C17 April 2020	12.8 °C3 January 2020	29.0 °C	387 mm	337
2019	45.2 °C6 May 2019	12.5 °C23 January 2019	29.0 °C	334 mm	343
2018	43.1 °C8 May 2018	11.9 °C14 January 2018	28.9 °C	413 mm	345
2017	42.5 °C26 March 2017	12.5 °C14 January 2017	28.8 °C	371 mm	337
2016	44.3 °C13 April 2016	12.7 °C3 February 2016	29.1 °C	335 mm	340
2015	43.3 °C7 May 2015	12.5 °C1 January 2015	28.5 °C	447 mm	313
2014	43.4 °C17 April 2014	12.2 °C31 December 2014	29.1 °C	277 mm	342
2013	43.3 °C24 May 2013	11.6 °C2 January 2013	29.1 °C	300 mm	334
2012	43.9 °C8 May 2012	12.7 °C16 January 2012	28.7 °C	526 mm	330
2011	43.2 °C21 April 2011	12.8 °C13 January 2011	29.3 °C	249 mm	342
2010	43.8 °C20 April 2010	12.5 °C11 December 2010	29.2 °C	439 mm	354
2009	42.8 °C21 May 2009	11.7 °C26 January 2009	29.2 °C	324 mm	348
2008	42.6 °C20 April 2008	11.3 °C8 January 2008	28.5 °C	295 mm	327
2007	43.1 °C11 April 2007	12.8 °C15 January 2007	28.6 °C	360 mm	321
2006	42.0 °C13 April 2006	13.4 °C9 December 2006	28.7 °C	282 mm	341
2005	42.5 °C19 May 2005	13.2 °C15 January 2005	29.1 °C	373 mm	328
2004	41.7 °C25 May 2004	12.7 °C30 January 2004	28.9 °C	243 mm	341
2003	42.0 °C10 April 2003	12.7 °C29 December 2003	28.5 °C	492 mm	323
2002	42.3 °C31 May 2002	12.5 °C28 December 2002	28.7 °C	297 mm	320
2001	42.8 °C11 May 2001	13.0 °C13 January 2001	28.6 °C	328 mm	338
2000	43.0 °C17 May 2000	13.0 °C4 February 2000	28.5 °C	396 mm	319
1999	42.2 °C23 April 1999	11.0 °C8 February 1999	27.9 °C	502 mm	296
1998	42.1 °C24 April 1998	13.4 °C19 January 1998	28.5 °C	394 mm	314
1997	41.6 °C22 May 1997	12.6 °C29 December 1997	28.3 °C	352 mm	325
1996	42.1 °C13 May 1996	12.1 °C13 January 1996	28.4 °C	307 mm	356
1995	42.0 °C13 April 1995	10.1 °C13 January 1995	28.2 °C	319 mm	314
1994	42.7 °C24 April 1994	10.5 °C17 January 1994	27.9 °C	536 mm	304
1993	42.8 °C16 May 1993	12.3 °C10 January 1993	28.6 °C	309 mm	329
1992	41.9 °C1 April 1992	11.2 °C16 January 1992	28.0 °C	371 mm	323
1991	42.6 °C23 April 1991	11.7 °C24 December 1991	28.2 °C	375 mm	322
1990	41.8 °C23 April 1990	13.3 °C25 January 1990	28.6 °C	325 mm	332
1989	42.4 °C2 June 1989	10.2 °C3 January 1989	28.0 °C	427 mm	320
1988	43.0 °C7 April 1988	12.0 °C5 January 1988	28.7 °C	401 mm	313
1987	43.8 °C16 May 1987	12.3 °C10 January 1987	29.3 °C	254 mm	349
1986	44.2 °C16 April 1986	12.2 °C21 January 1986	28.5 °C	412 mm	318
1985	42.1 °C30 April 1985	10.9 °C17 December 1985	28.3 °C	399 mm	315
1984	42.9 °C13 May 1984	11.8 °C8 January 1984	28.8 °C	295 mm	323
1983	43.4 °C29 April 1983	11.4 °C30 January 1983	28.7 °C	303 mm	331
1982	42.4 °C7 May 1982	9.6 °C11 January 1982	28.0 °C	325 mm	322
1981	43.4 °C27 April 1981	11.0 °C7 January 1981	28.2 °C	464 mm	339
1980	43.5 °C23 April 1980	10.5 °C20 December 1980	28.8 °C	436 mm	342
1979	42.7 °C6 May 1979	11.5 °C13 December 1979	28.2 °C	400 mm	333
1978	42.6 °C20 May 1978	13.8 °C13 January 1978	28.4 °C	509 mm	350
1977	41.6 °C17 April 1977	9.1 °C28 December 1977	27.7 °C	439 mm	328
1976	42.3 °C27 April 1976	10.9 °C12 January 1976	27.3 °C	505 mm	321
1975	42.2 °C6 June 1975	10.1 °C22 January 1975	27.6 °C	420 mm	315
1974	41.8 °C26 May 1974	12.1 °C6 December 1974	27.7 °C	364 mm	302
1973	43.3 °C29 April 1973	11.7 °C20 January 1973	28.6 °C	302 mm	337
1972	42.1 °C2 May 1972	11.4 °C21 January 1972	28.2 °C	525 mm	347
1971	42.5 °C26 May 1971	10.4 °C16 January 1971	28.2 °C	496 mm	338
1970	42.6 °C5 May 1970	12.6 °C6 December 1970	28.4 °C	457 mm	346
1969	44.0 °C2 May 1969	13.1 °C9 January 1969	28.4 °C	591 mm	338
1968	41.6 °C8 May 1968	11.4 °C20 January 1968	27.6 °C	622 mm	337
1967	42.5 °C14 May 1967	11.8 °C17 February 1967	27.8 °C	581 mm	302
1966	42.0 °C16 May 1966	11.0 °C8 January 1966	27.9 °C	467 mm	347
1965	42.3 °C5 May 1965	12.1 °C15 January 1965	27.3 °C	525 mm	328
1964	41.4 °C4 May 1964	12.9 °C18 January 1964	27.4 °C	444 mm	326
1963	42.4 °C8 June 1963	11.9 °C10 January 1963	27.7 °C	407 mm	346
1962	42.1 °C3 June 1962	10.6 °C22 December 1962	27.4 °C	539 mm	317
1961	43.1 °C19 May 1961	11.5 °C23 December 1961	27.2 °C	393 mm	327
1960	41.8 °C22 April 1960	11.5 °C16 January 1960	27.3 °C	392 mm	314
1959	42.3 °C13 April 1959	11.2 °C1 January 1959	27.4 °C	434 mm	318
1958	42.1 °C27 March 1958	10.8 °C13 January 1958	27.9 °C	526 mm	321
1957	40.7 °C4 May 1957	8.9 °C14 January 1957	26.3 °C	680 mm	301
1956	42.7 °C29 May 1956	9.1 °C1 January 1956	27.0 °C	763 mm	284
1955	41.1 °C20 May 1955	11.4 °C23 January 1955	27.1 °C	472 mm	329
1954	41.9 °C13 April 1954	9.8 °C1 January 1954	27.2 °C	512 mm	315
1953	42.4 °C27 April 1953	10.0 °C31 December 1953	27.8 °C	422 mm	325
1952	41.8 °C13 May 1952	8.8 °C3 February 1952	27.1 °C	521 mm	313
1951	41.6 °C16 April 1951	12.3 °C12 December 1951	27.3 °C	632 mm	346
1950	41.8 °C9 April 1950	12.0 °C14 January 1950	26.8 °C	534 mm	301
1949	42.1 °C1 June 1949	12.5 °C12 February 1949	28.2 °C	353 mm	336
1948	42.4 °C1 May 1948	8.6 °C17 January 1948	26.6 °C	521 mm	306
1947	41.4 °C24 April 1947	9.9 °C1 January 1947	26.6 °C	814 mm	271
1946	42.2 °C5 May 1946	10.3 °C1 January 1946	27.3 °C	329 mm	328
1945	41.2 °C8 June 1945	11.1 °C5 January 1945	26.8 °C	455 mm	304
1944	42.4 °C23 May 1944	13.0 °C19 December 1944	27.3 °C	672 mm	308
1943	41.9 °C9 May 1943	9.7 °C24 December 1943	26.4 °C	486 mm	289
1942	42.7 °C12 June 1942	9.8 °C19 January 1942	27.3 °C	354 mm	309
1941	42.8 °C13 May 1941	11.1 °C2 January 1941	28.7 °C	283 mm	352
1940	42.1 °C19 May 1940	11.0 °C28 January 1940	28.2 °C	274 mm	358

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

36.4 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

344 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

327 mm

-92 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.3 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	35.2 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	41.2 °C	+4.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	41.7 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
May	41.1 °C	+1.8 °C	7 mm	-8 mm
Jun	38.8 °C	+2.0 °C	30 mm	-9 mm
Jul	33.5 °C	+0.3 °C	89 mm	-20 mm
Aug	31.5 °C	+0.3 °C	102 mm	-53 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	0.0 °C	91 mm	+11 mm
Oct	37.7 °C	+1.6 °C	7 mm	-8 mm
Nov	37.4 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Dec	34.0 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.9 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

16.4 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.5 mm

4 Sep 2025

Windiest day

26.4 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

30 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

11 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bourzanga?

Bourzanga has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 419 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bourzanga?

The hottest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 2024, reaching 45.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bourzanga?

The coldest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1948, at 8.6 °C.

Does it snow in Bourzanga?

Almost never: Bourzanga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bourzanga warmed?

Yes: Bourzanga warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bourzanga?

The wettest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1956, with 155 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bourzanga?

The windiest day measured in Bourzanga between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2008, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bourzanga?

The warmest month in Bourzanga is May (33.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Bourzanga?

Bourzanga receives on average 419 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bourzanga?

Bourzanga gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bourzanga?

Yes: Bourzanga has on average 257 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bourzanga?

In Bourzanga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.8 °C on 3 May 2019, and the lowest was 4.2 °C on 17 January 1948.

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