Climate averages 1991–2020
Abomey weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Abomey: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bohicon (8 km away). In March its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Abomey, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Abomey ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 33.0°C; Abomey is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bohicon in MarchBenin · 8 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Godomè in MarchBenin · 97 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in MarchBenin · 102 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Atakpamé in MarchTogo · 102 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Cotonou in MarchBenin · 102 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Ekpé in MarchBenin · 107 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Ifo in MarchNigeria · 139 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Lomé in MarchTogo · 145 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 54 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.