Parakou, Benin climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Parakou has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is March with an average daily high near 37°C, while the coldest is August averaging around 22°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1120 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — September alone averages 218 mm while December barely receives 2 mm.

☀️ All year

Very hot

Daytime highs near 37°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 22°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1120 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in September

⛅ 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)

Parakou climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	35	37	37	36	33	31	30	29	30	32	35	35
Avg temp (°C)	28	30	31	30	28	27	26	25	26	27	28	28
Avg low (°C)	20	23	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	20
Precipitation (mm)	5	5	32	72	117	147	184	216	218	115	8	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	35	37	37	36	33	31
Avg temp (°C)	28	30	31	30	28	27
Avg low (°C)	20	23	24	24	23	22
Precipitation (mm)	5	5	32	72	117	147

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	30	29	30	32	35	35
Avg temp (°C)	26	25	26	27	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	20
Precipitation (mm)	184	216	218	115	8	2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	26	35	55	66	67	66	76	81	75	58	31	23
Relative humidity (%)	40	40	54	68	76	80	84	86	85	81	64	48
Wind speed (m/s)	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.5	2.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	26	35	55	66	67	66
Relative humidity (%)	40	40	54	68	76	80
Wind speed (m/s)	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.1	1.9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	76	81	75	58	31	23
Relative humidity (%)	84	86	85	81	64	48
Wind speed (m/s)	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.5	2.0

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 27 years of daily observations at Parakou, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. 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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