Climate averages 1991–2020
Abomey weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Abomey: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bohicon (8 km away). In January its highs average 34.7°C, about as warm as Abomey, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Abomey ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 32.2°C; Abomey is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.8 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abomey climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 9.8 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 24 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 55 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 89 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 132 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 153 | 24.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 142 | 23.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 152 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 160 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 105 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 26 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Bohicon in JanuaryBenin · 8 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Godomè in JanuaryBenin · 97 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in JanuaryBenin · 102 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Atakpamé in JanuaryTogo · 102 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Cotonou in JanuaryBenin · 102 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Ekpé in JanuaryBenin · 107 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Ifo in JanuaryNigeria · 139 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Lomé in JanuaryTogo · 145 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abomey) is explained once on the Abomey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bohicon lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.