Climate averages 1991–2020
Djougou weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Djougou: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (55 km away). In October its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Djougou, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Djougou ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 29.2°C; Djougou is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kara in OctoberTogo · 55 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Sokodé in OctoberTogo · 100 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Parakou in OctoberBenin · 114 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Saki in OctoberNigeria · 222 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Atakpamé in OctoberTogo · 249 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Igboho in OctoberNigeria · 249 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Kisi in OctoberNigeria · 250 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Bawku in OctoberGhana · 257 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 40 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.