Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately 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 very hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In April its highs average 33.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Parakou, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 32.1°C; Parakou is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 127 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
Parakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 25 | 4.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 35.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 70 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 127 | 19.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 136 | 19.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 207 | 25.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 249 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 222 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 98 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Saki in AprilNigeria · 112 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Djougou in AprilBenin · 114 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Igboho in AprilNigeria · 136 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Kisi in AprilNigeria · 137 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Kara in AprilTogo · 160 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Sokodé in AprilTogo · 169 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Iseyin in AprilNigeria · 185 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in AprilNigeria · 217 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 86 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 Parakou) is explained once on the Parakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.