Climate averages 1991–2020
Benin City weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Benin City: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes November a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sapele (50 km away). In November its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Benin City, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Benin City ranks joint 116th of 143 for the warmest November highs and joint 125th of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 31.5°C; Benin City is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Sapele in NovemberNigeria · 50 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Uromi in NovemberNigeria · 88 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Warri in NovemberNigeria · 92 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Owo in NovemberNigeria · 96 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Idanre in NovemberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Ughelli in NovemberNigeria · 103 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Akure in NovemberNigeria · 112 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Ondo in NovemberNigeria · 121 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 76 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.