Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 249 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Parakou, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 27.1°C; Parakou is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 249 mm to 222 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Saki in AugustNigeria · 112 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Djougou in AugustBenin · 114 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 309 mm rain
- Igboho in AugustNigeria · 136 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 197 mm rain
- Kisi in AugustNigeria · 137 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Kara in AugustTogo · 160 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 305 mm rain
- Sokodé in AugustTogo · 169 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 307 mm rain
- Iseyin in AugustNigeria · 185 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in AugustNigeria · 217 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 160 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.