Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Benin City: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 83rd of 143 for the warmest January highs and joint 130th of 143 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 143 cities is 33.1°C; Benin City is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sapele in JanuaryNigeria · 50 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Uromi in JanuaryNigeria · 88 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Warri in JanuaryNigeria · 92 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Owo in JanuaryNigeria · 96 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Idanre in JanuaryNigeria · 103 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Ughelli in JanuaryNigeria · 103 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Akure in JanuaryNigeria · 112 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Ondo in JanuaryNigeria · 121 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 24 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.