Gagnoa
# Gagnoa

Gagnoa is a city in south-central Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Gôh-Djiboua District and Gôh Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Gagnoa Department. Gagnoa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 160,465, making it the seventh-largest city in the country.

Gagnoa is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa, and contains its cathedral.

## Notable people

French rapper Vegedream's father as well as fellow performer and uncle Ziké are from Gagnoa, and Vegedream, famously the artist in the song Ramenez la coupe à la maison, says the French phrase Et ça c'est Vegedream de Gagnoa, meaning "And that is Vegedream of Gagnoa", in each song. He got that phrase when he visited Gagnoa as a child. He is therefore also named Vegedream de Gagnoa.

## Climate

Gagnoa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with a lengthy although not particularly intense wet season from February/March to November, and a short dry season centred upon December and January.

Climate data for Gagnoa :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.7 (87.3) | 31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.1 (79.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 23.5 (0.93) | 63.4 (2.50) | 123.1 (4.85) | 162.8 (6.41) | 177.5 (6.99) | 205.8 (8.10) | 89.4 (3.52) | 95.4 (3.76) | 172.0 (6.77) | 159.2 (6.27) | 96.4 (3.80) | 37.5 (1.48) | 1,406 (55.38) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 195.7 | 184.5 | 189.0 | 204.9 | 210.4 | 122.0 | 120.8 | 97.5 | 127.1 | 176.4 | 180.2 | 166.0 | 1,974.5 |
| Source: NOAA ||||||||||||||
