Climate averages 1991–2020
Godomè weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Godomè: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cotonou (8 km away). In December its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Godomè, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Godomè ranks joint 6th of 8 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 31.8°C; Godomè is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cotonou in DecemberBenin · 8 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Ekpé in DecemberBenin · 21 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Porto-Novo in DecemberBenin · 31 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Irewe in DecemberNigeria · 88 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Alasia in DecemberNigeria · 91 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Bohicon in DecemberBenin · 93 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Abomey in DecemberBenin · 97 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Ota in DecemberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 31 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.