title: Dourtenga
text: # Dourtenga
  
  Dourtenga is a small town in the Dourtenga Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Dourtenga Department and the town has a total population of 3,276.
  
  ## Climate
  
  Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot semi-arid (BSh) and closely borders with tropical wet and dry (Aw).
  
  Climate data for Dourtenga :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Average high °C (°F) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 38.9 (102.0) | 36.4 (97.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.4 (88.5) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36 (97) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.7 (94.5) |
  | Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.3 (88.3) | 32.2 (90.0) | 30.5 (86.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.2 (82.7) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 18.2 (64.8) | 21.7 (71.0) |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.1) | 9 (0.4) | 29 (1.1) | 78 (3.1) | 108 (4.3) | 177 (7.0) | 233 (9.2) | 154 (6.1) | 35 (1.4) | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 829 (32.9) |
  | Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
  | Source 1: Climate-Data.org ||||||||||||||
  | Source 2: Storm247 for rainy days ||||||||||||||
  