Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Benin City: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 270 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 85th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 123rd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Benin City is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 266 mm to 309 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sapele in AugustNigeria · 50 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 270 mm rain
- Uromi in AugustNigeria · 88 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 188 mm rain
- Warri in AugustNigeria · 92 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 274 mm rain
- Owo in AugustNigeria · 96 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Idanre in AugustNigeria · 103 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 236 mm rain
- Ughelli in AugustNigeria · 103 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 272 mm rain
- Akure in AugustNigeria · 112 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 217 mm rain
- Ondo in AugustNigeria · 121 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 233 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.