Ouagadougou
Capital of Burkina Faso: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Monument aux héros nationaux - Ouagadougou - 2024: The black photographer, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso, in Centre. About 2.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Burkina Faso in our atlas.
It lies at 12.37° N, 1.53° W, about 299 m (981 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Ouagadougou time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ouagadougou. Green dots: other major cities of Burkina Faso. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ouagadougou has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 40°C (103°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (57°F). Around 817 mm (32 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
- Saaba · 13 km
- Koudougou · 91 km
- Kaya · 94 km
- Pouytenga · 121 km
- Ouahigouya · 165 km
- Houndé · 235 km
- Bobo-Dioulasso · 327 km
- Banfora · 398 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2357048 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3777 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Monument aux héros nationaux - Ouagadougou - 2024: The black photographer, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stade du 4-Août C: ChéRatou, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ouagadougou Maison du peuple: Sputniktilt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
