Cotonou weather
The forecast for Cotonou (Benin) for the next 10 days in local time: every 3 hours for the first 6 days, then every 6 hours. See when it will rain, how hard the wind will blow and how warm it will get.
Littoral, Benin6.37°N, 2.42°EAfrica/Porto-Novo (UTC+1)ECMWF: October 25 at 01:00 PM
A real measurement from an airport weather station (NOAA, METAR reports), updated every hour. The forecast next to it comes from a model. NOAA Aviation Weather Center
Next 48 hours (local time)
10-day forecast
- TodayOctober 25Cloudy
gusts 20 km/h28°C 28°C - TomorrowOctober 26Light rain
4 mm · gusts 26 km/h28°C 27°C - TuesdayOctober 27Rain
9 mm · gusts 27 km/h28°C 25°C - WednesdayOctober 28Light rain
2 mm · gusts 21 km/h28°C 25°C - ThursdayOctober 29Light rain
0.5 mm · gusts 17 km/h29°C 26°C - FridayOctober 30Light rain
3 mm · gusts 17 km/h29°C 27°C - SaturdayOctober 31Light rain
3 mm · gusts 27 km/h28°C 26°C - SundayNovember 1Light rain
0.9 mm · gusts 27 km/h29°C 27°C - MondayNovember 2Light rain
2 mm · gusts 24 km/h30°C 27°C - TuesdayNovember 3Rain
4 mm · gusts 30 km/h28°C 27°C - WednesdayNovember 4Light rain
0.8 mm · gusts 21 km/h29°C 27°C
Over the next 11 days in Cotonou, temperatures will range from 25°C to 30°C, with 28 mm of rain or snow in total. Days with at least 1 mm of precipitation: 7. ECMWF model run from October 25 at 01:00 PM.
Cotonou wind forecast for 10 days
Windiest: Tuesday, November 3 - average 10 km/h, gusts up to 30 km/h. Calmest: Wednesday, October 28 - average 7 km/h. The wind blows most often from the southwest.
| Day | Wind | Gusts | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 13 km/h | 20 km/h | south |
| Tomorrow | 14 km/h | 26 km/h | southwest |
| Tue, 10/27 | 11 km/h | 27 km/h | southwest |
| Wed, 10/28 | 7 km/h | 21 km/h | west |
| Thu, 10/29 | 11 km/h | 17 km/h | southwest |
| Fri, 10/30 | 13 km/h | 17 km/h | southwest |
| Sat, 10/31 | 11 km/h | 27 km/h | southwest |
| Sun, 11/1 | 11 km/h | 27 km/h | southwest |
| Mon, 11/2 | 10 km/h | 24 km/h | southwest |
| Tue, 11/3 | 10 km/h | 30 km/h | southwest |
Climate through the year
In October, daytime temperatures here average 28°C and nights 24°C, with about 172 mm of rain over the month. The sea is around 27°C at that time. The warmest month is February (an average of 30°C by day), the coolest is August (27°C by day, 23°C at night). The wettest month is June (about 216 mm) and the driest is January (20 mm). The sea temperature ranges from about 25°C in August to 29°C in May.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°C | 23°C | 20 mm | 28°C |
| February | 30°C | 25°C | 32 mm | 28°C |
| March | 30°C | 26°C | 78 mm | 29°C |
| April | 29°C | 26°C | 119 mm | 29°C |
| May | 29°C | 25°C | 174 mm | 29°C |
| June | 28°C | 24°C | 216 mm | 28°C |
| July | 27°C | 23°C | 165 mm | 26°C |
| August | 27°C | 23°C | 93 mm | 25°C |
| September | 27°C | 23°C | 198 mm | 26°C |
| October | 28°C | 24°C | 172 mm | 27°C |
| November | 29°C | 25°C | 55 mm | 29°C |
| December | 30°C | 24°C | 20 mm | 28°C |
Long-term averages from NASA POWER data (MERRA-2, 2001-2020 reanalysis, CC BY 4.0). Sea temperature is the average water surface temperature at the nearest grid point over the sea. This is climate, not a forecast for a specific day. NASA POWER
The forecast for Cotonou comes from the ECMWF model and is computed for the point 6.37°N, 2.42°E. Temperature is measured 2 m above the ground, wind at 10 m. Gusts are the strongest bursts of wind within each 3-hour period.
Source: ECMWF IFS model (CC BY 4.0), data modified. A forecast is a model result, not a measurement. ECMWF
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