Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in June.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Benin City: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 295 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In June its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 310 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 104th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 127th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 29.8°C; Benin City is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 295 mm to 293 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Sapele in JuneNigeria · 50 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 310 mm rain
- Uromi in JuneNigeria · 88 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Warri in JuneNigeria · 92 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 330 mm rain
- Owo in JuneNigeria · 96 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Idanre in JuneNigeria · 103 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 259 mm rain
- Ughelli in JuneNigeria · 103 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 328 mm rain
- Akure in JuneNigeria · 112 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Ondo in JuneNigeria · 121 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 271 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.