Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In February its highs average 35.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Parakou, with 7.5 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 33.0°C; Parakou is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.4 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Saki in FebruaryNigeria · 112 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Djougou in FebruaryBenin · 114 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Igboho in FebruaryNigeria · 136 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Kisi in FebruaryNigeria · 137 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Kara in FebruaryTogo · 160 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Sokodé in FebruaryTogo · 169 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Iseyin in FebruaryNigeria · 185 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in FebruaryNigeria · 217 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 22 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.