Cotonou Weather in August
Cotonou in August
The short of it: Cotonou in August averages a high of 29 °C (83 °F) and a low of 23 °C (74 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 23° · rain 57 mm · daylight 12 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & January
August in Cotonou brings afternoons near 29° and nights around 23°, with about 57 mm of rain over the month. Cotonou's coldest stretch of the year, 29° by day and 23° by night. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 19 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Cotonou runs about middling and drier than most in August. Godomè, 8 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Cotonou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 48 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GodomèAtlantique | 8 km WNW | 29° | 23° | 61 mm |
| GanviéAtlantique | 11 km NNW | 28° | 23° | 60 mm |
| Abomey-CalaviAtlantique | 12 km NW | 28° | 23° | 61 mm |
| EkpéOuémé | 13 km ENE | 28° | 23° | 54 mm |
| HéviéAtlantique | 19 km WNW | 29° | 23° | 60 mm |
| SemiOuémé | 22 km E | 28° | 23° | 49 mm |
| Porto-NovoOuémé | 25 km NE | 28° | 23° | 58 mm |
| MissérétéOuémé | 29 km NE | 29° | 23° | 64 mm |