Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In March its highs average 35.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Parakou, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 33.0°C; Parakou is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Saki in MarchNigeria · 112 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Djougou in MarchBenin · 114 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Igboho in MarchNigeria · 136 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Kisi in MarchNigeria · 137 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Kara in MarchTogo · 160 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Sokodé in MarchTogo · 169 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Iseyin in MarchNigeria · 185 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in MarchNigeria · 217 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 51 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.