Houndé
City in Burkina Faso: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Houndé (Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso): Rik Schuiling / TropCrop-TCS, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Houndé is a city in Burkina Faso, in Hauts-Bassins. About 87,151 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Burkina Faso in our atlas.
It lies at 11.50° N, 3.52° W, about 349 m (1,145 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Ouagadougou time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Houndé. Green dots: other major cities of Burkina Faso. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Houndé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 39°C (102°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 15°C (59°F). Around 951 mm (37 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.
What to eat in Burkina FasoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Bobo-Dioulasso · 92 km
- Koudougou · 150 km
- Banfora · 165 km
- Ouagadougou · 236 km
- Saaba · 248 km
- Ouahigouya · 260 km
- Kaya · 318 km
- Pouytenga · 346 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2360073 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q999435 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Houndé (Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso): Rik Schuiling / TropCrop-TCS, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)