Climate averages 1991–2020
Cotonou weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Cotonou: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Godomè (8 km away). In February its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Cotonou, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Cotonou ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 33.0°C; Cotonou is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Cotonou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 21 | 6.5 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 29.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 27 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 48 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 164 | 23.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 259 | 26.1 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 132 | 18.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 73 | 13.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 104 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 110 | 20.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 49 | 13.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 27 | 7.6 | 11.812 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
February in nearby cities
- Godomè in FebruaryBenin · 8 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Ekpé in FebruaryBenin · 13 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in FebruaryBenin · 25 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Irewe in FebruaryNigeria · 80 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Alasia in FebruaryNigeria · 84 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Ota in FebruaryNigeria · 97 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Bohicon in FebruaryBenin · 98 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Ifo in FebruaryNigeria · 99 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 49 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 Cotonou) is explained once on the Cotonou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.