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

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10-day forecast

  1. TodayOctober 25Cloudy
    gusts 20 km/h
    28°C 28°C
  2. TomorrowOctober 26Light rain
    4 mm · gusts 26 km/h
    28°C 27°C
  3. TuesdayOctober 27Rain
    9 mm · gusts 27 km/h
    28°C 25°C
  4. WednesdayOctober 28Light rain
    2 mm · gusts 21 km/h
    28°C 25°C
  5. ThursdayOctober 29Light rain
    0.5 mm · gusts 17 km/h
    29°C 26°C
  6. FridayOctober 30Light rain
    3 mm · gusts 17 km/h
    29°C 27°C
  7. SaturdayOctober 31Light rain
    3 mm · gusts 27 km/h
    28°C 26°C
  8. SundayNovember 1Light rain
    0.9 mm · gusts 27 km/h
    29°C 27°C
  9. MondayNovember 2Light rain
    2 mm · gusts 24 km/h
    30°C 27°C
  10. TuesdayNovember 3Rain
    4 mm · gusts 30 km/h
    28°C 27°C
  11. WednesdayNovember 4Light rain
    0.8 mm · gusts 21 km/h
    29°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.

DayWindGustsDirection
Today13 km/h20 km/h south
Tomorrow14 km/h26 km/h southwest
Tue, 10/2711 km/h27 km/h southwest
Wed, 10/287 km/h21 km/h west
Thu, 10/2911 km/h17 km/h southwest
Fri, 10/3013 km/h17 km/h southwest
Sat, 10/3111 km/h27 km/h southwest
Sun, 11/111 km/h27 km/h southwest
Mon, 11/210 km/h24 km/h southwest
Tue, 11/310 km/h30 km/h southwest

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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.

MonthDayNightRainSea
January30°C23°C20 mm28°C
February30°C25°C32 mm28°C
March30°C26°C78 mm29°C
April29°C26°C119 mm29°C
May29°C25°C174 mm29°C
June28°C24°C216 mm28°C
July27°C23°C165 mm26°C
August27°C23°C93 mm25°C
September27°C23°C198 mm26°C
October28°C24°C172 mm27°C
November29°C25°C55 mm29°C
December30°C24°C20 mm28°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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