Gaoua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gaoua?

Gaoua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 888 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2024, reaching 41.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gaoua?

The coldest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1960, at 13.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gaoua?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gaoua warmed?

Yes: Gaoua warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gaoua?

The wettest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2010, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gaoua?

The windiest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1946, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gaoua?

The warmest month in Gaoua is March (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gaoua?

Gaoua receives on average 888 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gaoua?

Gaoua gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gaoua (Burkina Faso) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 888 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 March (30.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Gaoua averages 0 frost days, 280 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.

Gaoua has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 2 April 2024) and the coldest 13.3 °C (on 28 December 1960).

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

GaouaSud-Ouest Region

coords: 10.33°, -3.18°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

32.8°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

888mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

58%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

280 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

137 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.5 °C

Average feels-like low

23.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

312 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

41.6 °C

2 April 2024

Coldest day

13.3 °C

28 December 1960

Wettest day

136 mm

17 July 2010

Windiest day

30.6 km/h

27 May 1946

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

3 August 1977

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

25 April 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.8 °C

28 December 1960

Sunniest day

12.4 h

14 July 2008

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.2 °C4 March 2025	17.6 °C12 December 2025	27.9 °C	669 mm	307
2024	41.6 °C2 April 2024	16.0 °C6 December 2024	28.5 °C	898 mm	309
2023	39.8 °C3 March 2023	17.0 °C27 December 2023	28.3 °C	861 mm	317
2022	39.6 °C11 March 2022	17.0 °C16 December 2022	27.8 °C	870 mm	287
2021	41.3 °C8 April 2021	18.1 °C16 January 2021	28.3 °C	708 mm	302
2020	41.0 °C1 April 2020	15.6 °C3 January 2020	28.1 °C	991 mm	289
2019	40.5 °C11 April 2019	17.0 °C26 December 2019	28.2 °C	916 mm	306
2018	39.0 °C17 February 2018	17.7 °C15 January 2018	28.0 °C	1,002 mm	298
2017	40.5 °C31 March 2017	18.2 °C12 January 2017	28.4 °C	810 mm	307
2016	40.9 °C10 March 2016	18.4 °C2 January 2016	28.4 °C	789 mm	308
2015	40.3 °C9 April 2015	15.8 °C14 January 2015	28.3 °C	777 mm	319
2014	40.1 °C21 May 2014	17.3 °C26 December 2014	28.1 °C	758 mm	304
2013	40.7 °C6 March 2013	14.9 °C7 January 2013	27.9 °C	737 mm	302
2012	40.2 °C16 March 2012	15.9 °C17 January 2012	27.6 °C	837 mm	296
2011	39.9 °C31 March 2011	16.5 °C13 January 2011	28.0 °C	859 mm	317
2010	41.0 °C25 February 2010	14.9 °C12 December 2010	28.1 °C	1,085 mm	298
2009	40.4 °C22 March 2009	16.1 °C27 December 2009	27.8 °C	869 mm	303
2008	40.2 °C26 March 2008	14.5 °C8 January 2008	27.7 °C	835 mm	292
2007	40.1 °C31 March 2007	16.1 °C5 January 2007	27.8 °C	761 mm	297
2006	40.3 °C26 March 2006	16.8 °C23 December 2006	27.9 °C	723 mm	289
2005	41.0 °C10 March 2005	16.4 °C15 January 2005	27.8 °C	866 mm	284
2004	39.0 °C28 March 2004	17.4 °C5 March 2004	27.7 °C	623 mm	288
2003	40.0 °C19 March 2003	16.7 °C10 December 2003	27.6 °C	1,150 mm	278
2002	39.3 °C31 March 2002	15.3 °C28 December 2002	27.9 °C	715 mm	295
2001	40.1 °C3 March 2001	16.5 °C2 January 2001	27.7 °C	737 mm	295
2000	39.3 °C20 April 2000	17.1 °C10 December 2000	27.3 °C	786 mm	288
1999	40.0 °C11 April 1999	16.0 °C15 December 1999	27.2 °C	981 mm	261
1998	40.7 °C2 April 1998	16.1 °C18 January 1998	27.8 °C	887 mm	276
1997	39.0 °C25 March 1997	16.8 °C27 December 1997	27.1 °C	949 mm	272
1996	38.6 °C19 March 1996	15.8 °C27 December 1996	27.2 °C	965 mm	266
1995	38.5 °C31 March 1995	15.0 °C12 January 1995	26.9 °C	1,049 mm	262
1994	40.4 °C16 April 1994	15.2 °C17 January 1994	27.3 °C	912 mm	276
1993	39.5 °C11 April 1993	16.3 °C10 January 1993	27.5 °C	916 mm	292
1992	40.1 °C29 March 1992	16.3 °C6 January 1992	27.2 °C	815 mm	269
1991	39.9 °C23 February 1991	16.1 °C25 December 1991	27.1 °C	901 mm	254
1990	40.2 °C30 March 1990	17.8 °C5 January 1990	27.5 °C	883 mm	279
1989	40.1 °C27 April 1989	15.0 °C2 January 1989	27.0 °C	1,025 mm	260
1988	40.1 °C9 April 1988	15.4 °C24 December 1988	27.6 °C	1,152 mm	266
1987	40.7 °C26 April 1987	18.4 °C7 January 1987	28.2 °C	867 mm	308
1986	39.4 °C20 February 1986	15.7 °C2 January 1986	27.1 °C	1,007 mm	278
1985	40.0 °C12 March 1985	15.6 °C17 December 1985	27.2 °C	956 mm	260
1984	40.2 °C7 April 1984	17.4 °C23 December 1984	27.6 °C	1,009 mm	300
1983	41.4 °C26 March 1983	16.5 °C8 January 1983	28.1 °C	679 mm	306
1982	38.2 °C14 February 1982	16.2 °C27 November 1982	26.8 °C	1,029 mm	286
1981	39.9 °C3 March 1981	17.3 °C3 January 1981	27.6 °C	864 mm	297
1980	40.9 °C25 March 1980	14.8 °C20 December 1980	27.5 °C	936 mm	283
1979	38.8 °C30 March 1979	15.8 °C5 January 1979	27.1 °C	1,101 mm	271
1978	39.7 °C25 March 1978	17.7 °C11 January 1978	27.3 °C	917 mm	277
1977	38.6 °C15 February 1977	15.6 °C28 December 1977	27.4 °C	785 mm	283
1976	39.1 °C6 April 1976	15.5 °C9 December 1976	26.5 °C	901 mm	240
1975	38.8 °C14 March 1975	15.7 °C18 December 1975	26.4 °C	934 mm	233
1974	38.5 °C7 March 1974	16.2 °C6 December 1974	26.8 °C	1,035 mm	253
1973	40.9 °C12 March 1973	16.9 °C2 December 1973	27.6 °C	842 mm	296
1972	39.0 °C11 March 1972	17.7 °C14 December 1972	27.2 °C	800 mm	281
1971	39.4 °C7 March 1971	15.5 °C11 January 1971	26.8 °C	1,070 mm	279
1970	39.3 °C2 March 1970	15.8 °C20 January 1970	27.5 °C	814 mm	287
1969	40.7 °C16 March 1969	15.8 °C7 December 1969	27.1 °C	1,021 mm	263
1968	39.3 °C25 February 1968	15.3 °C20 January 1968	26.7 °C	1,136 mm	273
1967	38.7 °C15 March 1967	15.4 °C4 January 1967	26.7 °C	1,071 mm	263
1966	39.9 °C29 March 1966	14.6 °C3 January 1966	26.9 °C	814 mm	290
1965	39.4 °C5 March 1965	14.2 °C6 December 1965	26.6 °C	869 mm	271
1964	40.1 °C11 April 1964	15.3 °C14 January 1964	27.0 °C	732 mm	287
1963	38.8 °C22 April 1963	13.3 °C7 December 1963	26.6 °C	1,099 mm	278
1962	39.5 °C2 April 1962	14.8 °C29 January 1962	26.5 °C	933 mm	273
1961	38.9 °C26 March 1961	14.5 °C30 January 1961	26.6 °C	668 mm	288
1960	38.7 °C13 March 1960	13.3 °C28 December 1960	26.6 °C	1,066 mm	271
1959	40.5 °C12 April 1959	16.0 °C31 December 1959	27.2 °C	805 mm	287
1958	39.1 °C14 March 1958	15.2 °C19 February 1958	26.9 °C	860 mm	261
1957	38.6 °C5 March 1957	13.5 °C9 January 1957	26.1 °C	1,204 mm	219
1956	38.8 °C14 April 1956	15.7 °C1 January 1956	26.3 °C	958 mm	250
1955	39.0 °C13 April 1955	15.7 °C27 December 1955	26.4 °C	924 mm	240
1954	39.8 °C20 April 1954	16.5 °C11 December 1954	26.5 °C	903 mm	243
1953	40.2 °C7 April 1953	16.1 °C5 December 1953	27.3 °C	737 mm	263
1952	40.2 °C8 April 1952	15.8 °C2 December 1952	26.7 °C	916 mm	262
1951	39.9 °C15 March 1951	16.1 °C7 December 1951	26.6 °C	969 mm	259
1950	39.6 °C16 March 1950	15.3 °C9 February 1950	26.4 °C	840 mm	252
1949	38.9 °C17 February 1949	16.3 °C27 December 1949	26.8 °C	905 mm	282
1948	40.0 °C4 April 1948	16.8 °C16 January 1948	26.7 °C	824 mm	270
1947	40.0 °C31 March 1947	16.2 °C2 January 1947	26.9 °C	886 mm	244
1946	40.2 °C22 April 1946	15.8 °C2 January 1946	27.1 °C	655 mm	283
1945	39.9 °C9 April 1945	15.6 °C31 December 1945	26.5 °C	744 mm	266
1944	39.1 °C11 April 1944	16.0 °C25 November 1944	26.6 °C	1,214 mm	253
1943	40.6 °C18 April 1943	16.6 °C29 January 1943	26.7 °C	731 mm	253
1942	40.1 °C20 April 1942	16.3 °C27 January 1942	27.3 °C	741 mm	279
1941	41.2 °C29 March 1941	17.4 °C29 January 1941	27.6 °C	728 mm	301
1940	39.2 °C10 April 1940	15.7 °C10 February 1940	27.2 °C	762 mm	326

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.8 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

307 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

669 mm

-219 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.8 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	36.6 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Mar	37.9 °C	+0.8 °C	20 mm	-7 mm
Apr	37.1 °C	+1.2 °C	19 mm	-47 mm
May	34.8 °C	+0.9 °C	29 mm	-60 mm
Jun	32.5 °C	+1.1 °C	67 mm	-31 mm
Jul	29.4 °C	+0.1 °C	129 mm	-21 mm
Aug	29.1 °C	+0.8 °C	212 mm	+9 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+0.7 °C	140 mm	-24 mm
Oct	33.6 °C	+2.1 °C	44 mm	-26 mm
Nov	35.0 °C	+1.1 °C	8 mm	-3 mm
Dec	34.7 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.2 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

17.6 °C

12 Dec 2025

Wettest day

45.9 mm

17 Aug 2025

Windiest day

26.3 km/h

30 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

30 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.7 °C

28 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gaoua?

Gaoua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 888 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gaoua?

The hottest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2024, reaching 41.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gaoua?

The coldest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1960, at 13.3 °C.

Does it snow in Gaoua?

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

Has the climate of Gaoua warmed?

Yes: Gaoua warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gaoua?

The wettest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2010, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gaoua?

The windiest day measured in Gaoua between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1946, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gaoua?

The warmest month in Gaoua is March (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Gaoua?

Gaoua receives on average 888 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gaoua?

Gaoua gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gaoua?

Yes: Gaoua has on average 312 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gaoua?

In Gaoua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 25 April 2025, and the lowest was 8.8 °C on 28 December 1960.

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