Kandi, Benin climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Kandi has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is April with an average daily high near 39°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 18°C at night. Precipitation totals about 950 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 238 mm while January barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ All year

Very hot

Daytime highs near 39°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 18°C.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 950 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Kandi climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	34	37	39	39	36	34	31	30	31	34	36	34
Avg temp (°C)	26	29	32	33	31	29	27	26	27	28	28	26
Avg low (°C)	18	21	25	27	26	24	23	23	22	23	20	18
Precipitation (mm)	0	5	9	33	96	130	194	238	191	51	1	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	34	37	39	39	36	34
Avg temp (°C)	26	29	32	33	31	29
Avg low (°C)	18	21	25	27	26	24
Precipitation (mm)	0	5	9	33	96	130

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	30	31	34	36	34
Avg temp (°C)	27	26	27	28	28	26
Avg low (°C)	23	23	22	23	20	18
Precipitation (mm)	194	238	191	51	1	2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	22	28	49	64	67	57	67	74	63	46	29	20
Relative humidity (%)	31	26	32	48	63	71	79	85	83	74	52	39
Wind speed (m/s)	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.8	2.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	22	28	49	64	67	57
Relative humidity (%)	31	26	32	48	63	71
Wind speed (m/s)	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	67	74	63	46	29	20
Relative humidity (%)	79	85	83	74	52	39
Wind speed (m/s)	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.8	2.2

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 27 years of daily observations at Kandi, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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