Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Benin City: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In April its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 125th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 129th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Benin City is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 205 mm to 256 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Benin City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 33 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 59 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 146 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 205 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 256 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 295 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 293 | 29.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 266 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 309 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 263 | 29.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 93 | 18.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 28 | 8.5 | 11.812 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
April in nearby cities
- Sapele in AprilNigeria · 50 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 228 mm rain
- Uromi in AprilNigeria · 88 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Warri in AprilNigeria · 92 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Owo in AprilNigeria · 96 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Idanre in AprilNigeria · 103 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Ughelli in AprilNigeria · 103 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Akure in AprilNigeria · 112 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Ondo in AprilNigeria · 121 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 180 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 Benin City) is explained once on the Benin City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.