Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Benin City: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In July its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 299 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 107th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 127th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 28.2°C; Benin City is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 293 mm to 266 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Sapele in JulyNigeria · 50 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 299 mm rain
- Uromi in JulyNigeria · 88 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Warri in JulyNigeria · 92 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 329 mm rain
- Owo in JulyNigeria · 96 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 222 mm rain
- Idanre in JulyNigeria · 103 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 255 mm rain
- Ughelli in JulyNigeria · 103 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 328 mm rain
- Akure in JulyNigeria · 112 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 224 mm rain
- Ondo in JulyNigeria · 121 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 268 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.