Climate averages 1991–2020

Godomè weather
in March.

A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 26.6°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 66 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Godomè: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cotonou (8 km away). In March its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Godomè, with 48 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Godomè ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 33.0°C; Godomè is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 90 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Godomè, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Godomè

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 limits

How 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.