Climate averages 1991–2020
Cotonou weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Cotonou: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Godomè (8 km away). In November its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Cotonou, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Cotonou ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 30.9°C; Cotonou is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Godomè in NovemberBenin · 8 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Ekpé in NovemberBenin · 13 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in NovemberBenin · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Irewe in NovemberNigeria · 80 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Alasia in NovemberNigeria · 84 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Ota in NovemberNigeria · 97 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Bohicon in NovemberBenin · 98 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Ifo in NovemberNigeria · 99 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 86 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.