Climate averages 1991–2020
Parakou weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Parakou: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saki (112 km away). In September its highs average 28.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Parakou, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Benin, Parakou ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 8 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 8 cities is 28.0°C; Parakou is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Saki in SeptemberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Djougou in SeptemberBenin · 114 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 255 mm rain
- Igboho in SeptemberNigeria · 136 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Kisi in SeptemberNigeria · 137 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Kara in SeptemberTogo · 160 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Sokodé in SeptemberTogo · 169 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 268 mm rain
- Iseyin in SeptemberNigeria · 185 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Orita-Eruwa in SeptemberNigeria · 217 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 168 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.