According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Burkina Faso is March to April and September to October. Plan 5–7 days.
Best months for Burkina Faso
- Best months
- March to April and September to October
- How long to stay
- 5–7 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Burkina Faso is best for
Painted Kassena houses in Tiébélé, Bobo-Dioulasso's mud mosque, and the Sindou Peaks landscape.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Burkina Faso by month
Monthly averages around Ouagadougou; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 23 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| February | about 27 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| March best | about 30 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| April best | about 32 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
| May | about 32 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| June | about 30 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| July | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (171 mm) |
| August | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (237 mm) |
| September best | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| October best | about 28 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| November | about 26 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| December | about 23 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Burkina Faso
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Language
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- Time
- UTC+0
- Plugs
- Type C, E · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +226
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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