Climate averages 1991–2020
Godomè weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Godomè: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cotonou (8 km away). In August its highs average 26.1°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 August highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 27.1°C; Godomè is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 141 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Cotonou in AugustBenin · 8 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Ekpé in AugustBenin · 21 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in AugustBenin · 31 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Irewe in AugustNigeria · 88 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Alasia in AugustNigeria · 91 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Bohicon in AugustBenin · 93 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Abomey in AugustBenin · 97 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Ota in AugustNigeria · 103 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 142 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.