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Djougou, Benin
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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Djougou

Djougou climate by month

Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing5°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,233 mm173 wet days a year
9.71° N, 1.67° EElevation 444 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goDjougou · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec41October
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low31° / 21°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Djougou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .

The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 36° and nights 23°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.

About 1,233 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (224 mm, 29 wet days) and December the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in January to 52% in August.

Compared with Porto-Novo, the capital, Djougou is 5.7° warmer on a March afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
36° · March
Coldest nights
19° · January
Wettest month
September
Driest month
December
Clearest skies
January · 16% cloud
Longest day
12 h 41 min
Shortest day
11 h 34 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns

Temperature curve

Average high, low
20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
1213JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Djougou by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high34°36°36°35°32°30°28°28°29°31°33°33°
Average low19°20°23°23°23°22°21°21°21°21°20°19°
Precipitation1 mm5 mm23 mm81 mm125 mm164 mm236 mm281 mm224 mm84 mm7 mm2 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)0.20.35.814.221.725.727.727.828.718.81.80
Cloud cover16%20%36%47%47%41%48%52%46%35%22%16%
Daylight11h 3711h 4912h 0412h 2012h 3412h 4112h 3812h 2712h 1111h 5511h 4111h 34
Month score635742203142474745416265