Parakou
Elevation 324 m9.35° N, 2.62° E
When to go?
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (3 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 31 °C, 2 rain days in the month (23 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 30 °C, 6 rain days in the month (74 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 29 °C, 9 rain days in the month (126 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, 11 rain days in the month (144 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 26 °C, 16 rain days in the month (190 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 18 rain days in the month (222 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 15 rain days in the month (203 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 9 rain days in the month (110 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 28 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
No ideal month: the best months are November–January, the least hot. Avoid February–October (hot, at times extreme heat and often rainy).
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 (+1.7 °C), coldest: 1957 (−0.8 °C).
March and April warmed the most (+1.4 and +1.2 °C), August 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.