Kaya, Burkina Faso

Kaya
Kaya
City
	Kaya Location within Burkina Faso
	Coordinates: 13°05′00″N01°05′00″W / 13.08333°N 1.08333°W
Country	Burkina Faso
Region	Centre-Nord
Province	Sanmatenga
Government
• Mayor	Boukaré Ouedraogo
Elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	121,970
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Last updated January 10, 2026

Kaya is the fifth largest city in Burkina Faso, lying northeast of Ouagadougou, to which it is connected by railway. It is a centre for weaving and tanning.

Demographics

Kaya has a population of 121,970 (2019 census).^[1]

Population growth:

Year	Inhabitants
1985 (census)	29.359
1996 (census)	33.958
2006 (census)	51,778

Infrastructure

Kaya Airport is a public airport in Kaya. As of 2014 it did not have any scheduled commercial flights.

In 1988 Kaya was connected by railway to Ouagadougou ^[2] but, as of 2014, there were no passenger services available.

Kaya is a road junction for the N3 and N15 national highways that link the city with Dori, Ouagadougou and Pouytenga, Boulsa, Kongoussi and Ouahigouya, respectively.

Education

Technical college for girls
Secondary school

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot semi-arid (BSh).

Climate data for Kaya
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32 (90)	35.3 (95.5)	37.9 (100.2)	39.1 (102.4)	37.8 (100.0)	35.1 (95.2)	32.2 (90.0)	30.8 (87.4)	32.1 (89.8)	36.1 (97.0)	35.3 (95.5)	32.5 (90.5)	34.7 (94.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	24.3 (75.7)	27.2 (81.0)	30.3 (86.5)	32.2 (90.0)	31.4 (88.5)	29 (84)	27.1 (80.8)	26.1 (79.0)	26.9 (80.4)	29.4 (84.9)	27.6 (81.7)	24.8 (76.6)	28.0 (82.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	16.6 (61.9)	19.2 (66.6)	22.7 (72.9)	25.3 (77.5)	25 (77)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21.4 (70.5)	21.8 (71.2)	22.8 (73.0)	19.9 (67.8)	17.2 (63.0)	21.4 (70.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	0 (0)	0 (0)	4 (0.2)	13 (0.5)	41 (1.6)	98 (3.9)	153 (6.0)	207 (8.1)	111 (4.4)	21 (0.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	648 (25.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 331m^[3]

Sister cities

Herzogenaurach, Germany
Châtellerault, France
Savannah, Georgia, United States

References

1 2 Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Burkina Faso
↑ Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3
↑ "Climate: Kaya - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

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[pop-1] 1 2 Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Burkina Faso

[2] Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6770-3

[3] "Climate: Kaya - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

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