Abomey
Elevation 221 m7.19° N, 1.99° E
When to go?
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 30 °C, 2 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 30 °C, 5 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 29 °C, 8 rain days in the month (114 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 28 °C, 11 rain days in the month (140 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 27 °C, 13 rain days in the month (127 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 26 °C, 13 rain days in the month (92 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 26 °C, 13 rain days in the month (115 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 26 °C, 14 rain days in the month (149 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 27 °C, 10 rain days in the month (105 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 3 rain days in the month (22 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
No ideal month: the best month is October, the least hot. Avoid November–September (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.2 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.9 °C), coldest: 1957 (−0.7 °C).
December and January warmed the most (+1.4 and +1.1 °C), October the least (+0.5 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.