Bobo-Dioulasso
City in Burkina Faso: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bobo-Dioulasso TownHall2: Maarten van der Bent, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso, in Hauts-Bassins. About 904,920 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Burkina Faso in our atlas.
It lies at 11.18° N, 4.29° W, about 453 m (1,486 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Ouagadougou time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bobo-Dioulasso. Green dots: other major cities of Burkina Faso. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bobo-Dioulasso has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 38°C (101°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 15°C (60°F). Around 1,114 mm (44 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in Burkina FasoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Banfora · 78 km
- Houndé · 92 km
- Koudougou · 241 km
- Ouagadougou · 328 km
- Ouahigouya · 335 km
- Saaba · 340 km
- Kaya · 409 km
- Pouytenga · 438 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2362344 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q223761 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bobo-Dioulasso TownHall2: Maarten van der Bent, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)