Bobo Dioulasso weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Bobo Dioulasso is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with November and January close behind. Bobo Dioulasso averages about 3,007 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in December.

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Sun hours / year

3,007

Sunniest month

December

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

1,114 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

905k

Elevation

452 m

When is the best time to visit Bobo Dioulasso?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bobo Dioulasso is December, then November and January. The dullest month is March (38/100, 15 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bobo Dioulasso?

Bobo Dioulasso is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,007 hours of sunshine a year. 59 Sunshine Score points separate December (97) from March (38), so the month you pick matters. It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Burkina Faso. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 1,114 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Ouagadougou Burkina Faso · 334 km · best in Jan · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Bamako Mali · 422 km · best in Dec · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Kumasi Ghana · 579 km · best in Jan · 1,964 h sun/yr
• Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire · 657 km · best in Jan · 1,857 h sun/yr
• Niamey Niger · 753 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr
• Accra Ghana · 769 km · best in Jan · 2,134 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Korhogo Côte d’Ivoire · 238 km · 2,529 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Mopti Mali · 374 km · 3,235 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bouaké Côte d’Ivoire · 389 km · 2,007 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Tamale Ghana · 419 km · 2,500 h sun/yr · best in Dec