Atakora · BeninSummit weather, forecast and climate

Dotaka

405 m

Elevation405 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation7.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul29°average high

10.71° N, 1.37° EElevation 405 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Dotaka in brief

Dotaka rises to 405 m, Atakora, Benin.

At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 38°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town is Matéri, 34 km to the W at 200 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Dotaka by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	34°	36°	38°	37°	34°	32°	29°	28°	29°	31°	34°	34°
Average low	19°	20°	23°	25°	24°	23°	22°	21°	21°	22°	20°	19°
Precipitation	1 mm	2 mm	15 mm	56 mm	110 mm	143 mm	185 mm	252 mm	219 mm	76 mm	5 mm	0 mm
Cloud cover	13%	17%	31%	43%	44%	37%	45%	49%	44%	32%	20%	15%
Daylight	11h 34	11h 47	12h 03	12h 22	12h 37	12h 45	12h 42	12h 29	12h 11	11h 54	11h 38	11h 30
Month score	63	57	53	37	25	36	44	46	44	51	61	63

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,450 m	4,750 m	5,050 m	5,100 m	4,900 m	4,600 m	4,300 m	4,200 m	4,250 m	4,450 m	4,550 m	4,450 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Temtoutamou	469 m	–	8.4 km NE	29°
Waratamou	463 m	–	7.8 km S	28°
Yetamoute	422 m	–	9.7 km SW	29°
Paratammou	421 m	–	7.2 km SE	29°
Lakantia	221 m	–	22 km W	30°