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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kandi

Kandi climate by month

Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation984 mm120 wet days a year
11.13° N, 2.94° EElevation 294 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goKandi · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec42October
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low33° / 23°
iSummary

What the weather is like

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

The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 39° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.

About 984 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (248 mm, 29 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 13% in January to 50% in August.

Compared with Porto-Novo, the capital, Kandi is 9.3° warmer on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
39° · April
Coldest nights
19° · January
Wettest month
August
Driest month
January
Clearest skies
January · 13% cloud
Longest day
12 h 46 min
Shortest day
11 h 29 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°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
121213JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Kandi by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high34°37°39°39°37°34°30°29°30°33°35°34°
Average low19°21°24°26°26°24°23°22°22°23°21°20°
Precipitation0 mm1 mm6 mm34 mm117 mm150 mm208 mm248 mm178 mm42 mm0 mm0 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)001.33.58.71824.32924.810.30.20
Cloud cover13%16%30%38%40%34%45%50%40%28%19%15%
Daylight11h 3211h 4712h 0312h 2212h 3812h 4612h 4312h 3012h 1211h 5311h 3711h 29
Month score625855463329384242425861