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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Boukoumbé
Boukoumbé climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,132 mm169 wet days a year
10.18° N, 1.11° EElevation 230 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goBoukoumbé · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low31° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Boukoumbé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 38° and nights 24°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,132 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (266 mm, 29 wet days) and December the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in January to 52% in August.
Compared with Porto-Novo, the capital, Boukoumbé is 7.2° warmer on a March afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · March
- Coldest nights
- 19° · December
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- January · 14% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 43 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 32 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 35° | 37° | 38° | 36° | 34° | 32° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 34° | 35° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 4 mm | 21 mm | 68 mm | 107 mm | 142 mm | 196 mm | 266 mm | 225 mm | 91 mm | 9 mm | 1 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 12.8 | 20.2 | 26.2 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 18.3 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 18% | 33% | 45% | 46% | 40% | 48% | 52% | 46% | 33% | 21% | 15% |
| Daylight | 11h 35 | 11h 48 | 12h 04 | 12h 21 | 12h 35 | 12h 43 | 12h 40 | 12h 28 | 12h 11 | 11h 55 | 11h 40 | 11h 32 |
| Month score | 58 | 57 | 48 | 22 | 22 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 59 | 60 |
ivMonth by month
Boukoumbé in every month
January58
35° / 20°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
February57
37° / 21°
4 mm · 0.3 wet days
March48
38° / 24°
21 mm · 3.8 wet days
April22
36° / 25°
68 mm · 12.8 wet days
May22
34° / 25°
107 mm · 20.2 wet days
June36
32° / 23°
142 mm · 26.2 wet days
July42
29° / 22°
196 mm · 28.3 wet days
August44
28° / 22°
266 mm · 28.5 wet days
September43
29° / 22°
225 mm · 28.5 wet days
October40
31° / 22°
91 mm · 18.3 wet days
November59
34° / 20°
9 mm · 1.8 wet days
December60
35° / 19°
1 mm · 0 wet days