Climate averages 1991–2020
Djougou weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Djougou: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (55 km away). In April its highs average 35.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Djougou, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Djougou ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 32.1°C; Djougou is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Djougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 24 | 4.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 88 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 152 | 21.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 166 | 22.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 248 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 309 | 28.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 255 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 129 | 17.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.0 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Kara in AprilTogo · 55 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Sokodé in AprilTogo · 100 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Parakou in AprilBenin · 114 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Saki in AprilNigeria · 222 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Atakpamé in AprilTogo · 249 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Igboho in AprilNigeria · 249 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Kisi in AprilNigeria · 250 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Bawku in AprilGhana · 257 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.9°C · 25 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 Djougou) is explained once on the Djougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.