Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in December.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a very hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In December its highs average 33.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Parakou, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 31.8°C; Parakou is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 1.8 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Saki in DecemberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Djougou in DecemberBenin · 114 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Igboho in DecemberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kisi in DecemberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kara in DecemberTogo · 160 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Sokodé in DecemberTogo · 169 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Iseyin in DecemberNigeria · 185 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in DecemberNigeria · 217 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 6.9 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.