Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In July its highs average 27.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Parakou, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 27.5°C; Parakou is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 207 mm to 249 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Saki in JulyNigeria · 112 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Djougou in JulyBenin · 114 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Igboho in JulyNigeria · 136 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 182 mm rain
- Kisi in JulyNigeria · 137 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Kara in JulyTogo · 160 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 233 mm rain
- Sokodé in JulyTogo · 169 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 254 mm rain
- Iseyin in JulyNigeria · 185 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in JulyNigeria · 217 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 176 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.