Bouaké
City in Ivory Coast: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Cibkechu: Zenman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bouaké is a city in Ivory Coast, in Vallée du Bandama District. About 832,371 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Ivory Coast in our atlas.
It lies at 7.69° N, 5.03° W, about 339 m (1,112 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Abidjan time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bouaké. Green dots: other major cities of Ivory Coast. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bouaké has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (66°F). Around 1,314 mm (52 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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 Ivory CoastNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Yamoussoukro · 101 km
- Sinfra · 154 km
- Daloa · 181 km
- Gagnoa · 201 km
- Korhogo · 207 km
- Abobo · 276 km
- Man · 279 km
- Abidjan · 283 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2290956 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q271000 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Cibkechu: Zenman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)