Climate averages 1991–2020
Bohicon weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bohicon: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abomey (8 km away). In December its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Bohicon, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Bohicon ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 31.8°C; Bohicon is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.3 mm to 9.8 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Bohicon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 9.8 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 24 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 55 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 89 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 132 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 153 | 24.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 142 | 23.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 152 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 160 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 105 | 19.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 26 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 33.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°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
December in nearby cities
- Abomey in DecemberBenin · 8 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Godomè in DecemberBenin · 93 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in DecemberBenin · 96 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Cotonou in DecemberBenin · 98 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Ekpé in DecemberBenin · 102 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Atakpamé in DecemberTogo · 110 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Ifo in DecemberNigeria · 131 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Igbo-Ora in DecemberNigeria · 138 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 7.2 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 Bohicon) is explained once on the Bohicon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Abomey lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.