Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes November a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In November its highs average 32.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Parakou, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 30.9°C; Parakou is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Saki in NovemberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Djougou in NovemberBenin · 114 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Igboho in NovemberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Kisi in NovemberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Kara in NovemberTogo · 160 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Sokodé in NovemberTogo · 169 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Iseyin in NovemberNigeria · 185 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in NovemberNigeria · 217 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 25 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.