Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In June its highs average 29.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Parakou, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 8 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 8 cities is 28.7°C; Parakou is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Saki in JuneNigeria · 112 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Djougou in JuneBenin · 114 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Igboho in JuneNigeria · 136 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Kisi in JuneNigeria · 137 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Kara in JuneTogo · 160 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 160 mm rain
- Sokodé in JuneTogo · 169 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Iseyin in JuneNigeria · 185 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in JuneNigeria · 217 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 179 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.