Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In January its highs average 33.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Parakou, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks joint 1st of 8 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 32.2°C; Parakou is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.8 mm to 6.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Saki in JanuaryNigeria · 112 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Djougou in JanuaryBenin · 114 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Igboho in JanuaryNigeria · 136 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kisi in JanuaryNigeria · 137 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kara in JanuaryTogo · 160 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Sokodé in JanuaryTogo · 169 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Iseyin in JanuaryNigeria · 185 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in JanuaryNigeria · 217 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 10 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.