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CityCompass
Best time to be here: January, August and December. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 30 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
194 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
21 mm rain · 77% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
158 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
32 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
177 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
78 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons
173 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
119 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
161 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
174 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
115 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
216 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
121 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
165 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 30 °C in the afternoons
124 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
93 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
122 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
198 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
160 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
172 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
198 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
55 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons
207 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
20 mm rain · 79% humidity
Living in Cotonou means living under Benin's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Benin actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Benin Investment Code Privileged Regimes (Regimes A, B, C and Special Regimes), and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: January, August and December. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 30 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
194 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
21 mm rain · 77% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
158 h sunshine · 11.8 h daylight
32 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 39 °C in the afternoons
177 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
78 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons
173 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
119 mm rain · 86% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
161 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
174 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 33 °C in the afternoons
115 h sunshine · 12.4 h daylight
216 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
121 h sunshine · 12.3 h daylight
165 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 30 °C in the afternoons
124 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight
93 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 23 °C
Feels like 32 °C in the afternoons
122 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
198 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 28 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons
160 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
172 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 29 °C, nights 25 °C
Feels like 36 °C in the afternoons
198 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight
55 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 30 °C, nights 24 °C
Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons
207 h sunshine · 11.6 h daylight
20 mm rain · 79% humidity
Living in Cotonou means living under Benin's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Benin actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Benin Investment Code Privileged Regimes (Regimes A, B, C and Special Regimes), and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)