Climate averages 1991–2020
Djougou weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Djougou: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 309 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (55 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Djougou, with 305 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Djougou ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 27.1°C; Djougou is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 309 mm to 255 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kara in AugustTogo · 55 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 305 mm rain
- Sokodé in AugustTogo · 100 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 307 mm rain
- Parakou in AugustBenin · 114 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Saki in AugustNigeria · 222 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Atakpamé in AugustTogo · 249 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Igboho in AugustNigeria · 249 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 197 mm rain
- Kisi in AugustNigeria · 250 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Bawku in AugustGhana · 257 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 195 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.