Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In October its highs average 30.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Parakou, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 29.2°C; Parakou is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Saki in OctoberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Djougou in OctoberBenin · 114 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Igboho in OctoberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Kisi in OctoberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Kara in OctoberTogo · 160 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Sokodé in OctoberTogo · 169 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Iseyin in OctoberNigeria · 185 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in OctoberNigeria · 217 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 120 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.