Parakou Weather in August
Parakou in August
The short of it: Parakou in August averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 21 °C (70 °F), with 204 mm (8.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 21° · rain 204 mm · daylight 12 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & November
August in Parakou brings afternoons near 28° and nights around 21°, with about 204 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Parakou: highs scarcely reach 28°, nights fall to 21°. Wet spells are common — about 204 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 25 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Parakou runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Bétérou, 44 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Parakou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 18 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h