Climate averages 1991–2020
Godomè weather
in April.
A hot, 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 hot month in Godomè: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cotonou (8 km away). In April its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Godomè, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Godomè ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 32.1°C; Godomè is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 166 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
Godomè climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 37 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 66 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 90 | 17.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 166 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 25.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 126 | 20.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 96 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 141 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 150 | 25.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 74 | 18.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 33 | 9.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Cotonou in AprilBenin · 8 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Ekpé in AprilBenin · 21 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in AprilBenin · 31 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Irewe in AprilNigeria · 88 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Alasia in AprilNigeria · 91 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Bohicon in AprilBenin · 93 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Abomey in AprilBenin · 97 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Ota in AprilNigeria · 103 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 139 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 Godomè) is explained once on the Godomè year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.