Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Parakou, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 30.6°C; Parakou is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Saki in MayNigeria · 112 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Djougou in MayBenin · 114 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Igboho in MayNigeria · 136 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Kisi in MayNigeria · 137 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Kara in MayTogo · 160 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Sokodé in MayTogo · 169 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Iseyin in MayNigeria · 185 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in MayNigeria · 217 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 141 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.