COTONOU, BENIN

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Elevation: 30 feet Latitude: 06 21N Longitude: 002 23E

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20 April, 2024

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TEMPERATURE

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		81		81		84		84		84		82		80		79		78		79		80		82		82

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		85		86		88		88		88		87		84		81		81		82		84		87		87

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		77		76		79		80		80		78		76		75		75		75		76		77		76

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		102		93		100		102		100		102		90		91		88		90		95		100		95

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		59		63		64		63		61		71		64		61		59		59		61		68		64

Average Number of Days Above 86F/30C

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		210		24		26		29		27		24		10		1		---		1		13		27		26

Average Number of Days Below 75F/23C

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		136		13		4		4		6		9		13		16		19		15		14		9		14

PRECIPITATION

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		98		1		3		5		8		12		16		13		11		13		11		3		2

PRECIPITATION - RAIN

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		97		1		3		5		7		12		16		13		11		13		11		3		2

Average Number of Days With Thunderstorms

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		76		1		3		7		10		14		13		3		1		4		10		8		2

HUMIDITY

Average Morning Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 20

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		91		89		89		88		88		91		92		91		91		91		92		93		92

Average Evening Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 16

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		74		67		70		72		72		75		79		80		79		78		76		71		68

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		75		73		76		77		77		76		75		73		73		74		75		76		74

DEGREE DAYS

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		5867.6		496		522.6		589		570		542.5		450		403		403		405		465		510		511.5

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		11346.4		961		946.4		1054		1020		1007.5		900		868		868		855		930		960		976.5

SKY CONDITIONS

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.5		12.2		12.3		12.4		12.6		12.8		12.9		12.8		12.7		12.5		12.3		12.2		12.1

Average Number of Days With Fog

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		89		20		10		5		2		3		2		3		2		2		4		13		23

Average Number of Days With Smoke/Haze

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		29		11		4		2		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		3		9

Average No. of Days With Vision Obstruction

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		98		24		12		6		2		3		2		4		2		2		4		13		24

WIND

Average Wind Speed

Years on Record: 17

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
mph		11		10		11		12		12		10		11		12		12		12		11		10		9

Average No. of Days With Blowing Dust/Sand

Years on Record: 18

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		98		24		12		6		2		3		2		4		2		2		4		13		24

SOLAR RADIATION

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.9		5.3		5.5		5.5		5.3		4.9		4.3		4.3		4.2		4.4		4.8		5		5.2

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		2.1		1.8		2		2.2		2.3		2.2		2.1		2.2		2.3		2.3		2.1		1.9		1.7

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.9		5.5		5.6		5.5		5.2		4.9		4.3		4.3		4.2		4.3		4.9		5.1		5.3

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.2		5.7		5.4		4.7		4.3		4		3.2		3.2		2.8		3		4		4.9		5.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.9		5.3		5.5		5.5		5.3		4.9		4.3		4.3		4.2		4.4		4.8		5		5.2

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		2.1		1.8		2		2.3		2.3		2.2		2.2		2.2		2.3		2.3		2.2		2		1.8

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.4		5.9		6		6.1		5.7		5.4		4.8		5		4.6		4.7		5.1		5.4		5.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.9		6.5		6		5.9		5.1		4.8		4		4.2		3.5		3.5		4.4		5.4		6.1

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.5		5		5.3		4.9		4.9		4.4		3.6		3.9		3.8		4		4.5		4.6		4.9

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		2		1.6		1.9		2		2.2		2.1		2.1		2.1		2.2		2.3		2.1		1.8		1.6

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.5		5.1		5.4		4.9		4.9		4.3		3.5		3.9		3.8		4		4.5		4.7		5.1

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.6		5		4.9		3.8		3.7		3.1		2.2		2.6		2.3		2.5		3.4		4.2		5.1

NEARBY - MAP

NEARBY - LIST

Porto-Novo, Benin (0 mi / 0 km)
Abomey-Calavi, Benin (7 mi / 11 km)
H�vi�, Benin (10 mi / 16 km)
Ouidah, Benin (20 mi / 33 km)
Allada, Benin (26 mi / 43 km)

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Cotonou, Benin