14-day forecast — Cotonou Updated every hour
Fri · Today · 12 Jun
Rain
+29°
+26°
5,4 mm
Sat · Tomorrow · 13 Jun
Rain
+29°
+24°
8,8 mm
Sunday · 14 Jun
Rain
+28°
+25°
6,2 mm
Monday · 15 Jun
Rain
+28°
+25°
9,8 mm
Tuesday · 16 Jun
Rain
+28°
+26°
5,3 mm
Wednesday · 17 Jun
Rain
+27°
+25°
10,0 mm
Thursday · 18 Jun
Showers
+27°
+26°
1,2 mm
Friday · 19 Jun
Rain
+26°
+24°
8,7 mm
Saturday · 20 Jun
Showers
+26°
+25°
5,0 mm
Sunday · 21 Jun
Showers
+27°
+25°
2,8 mm
Monday · 22 Jun
Showers
+26°
+25°
4,3 mm
Tuesday · 23 Jun
Showers
+27°
+25°
3,8 mm
Wednesday · 24 Jun
Showers
+27°
+25°
1,1 mm
Thursday · 25 Jun
Showers
+27°
+25°
2,6 mm
About Cotonou
Capitale économique du Bénin, climat tropical chaud et humide.
Country Benin
Region Littoral
Continent Africa
Time zone Africa/Porto-Novo (+01:00)
Latitude 6.3667°
Longitude 2.4333°
Air quality Fair (EAQI 22)
Climate in Cotonou in May
Normals 8 years · best time to visit · Open-Meteo
Best time to visit Cotonou : January–December . With good weather, May is a recommended month to visit.
Photo: Wikimedia
April
May
June
Average temperature
▼ 29°C
28°C
▼ 27°C
Highest temperature
▼ 31°C
30°C
▼ 28°C
Lowest temperature
▼ 27°C
26°C
▼ 25°C
Sea temperature
→ 29,9°C
29,9°C
▼ 29,1°C
Precipitation
▲ 66 mm
133 mm
▲ 214 mm
Days with precipitation
▲ 14 d
18 d
▲ 24 d
Sunshine hours per day
→ 9,6 h
9,6 h
▼ 8,4 h
Cloud cover
▲ 22%
23%
▲ 32%
UV index (midday)
▼ 12
11
→ 11
Day length
12:16
12:25
12:29
Our rating
Good
Good
Good
Temperature day by day in May mean + moving average
26° 27° 28° 29° 30° 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
Precipitation day by day in May mm
0 5.2 10.3 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
UV index day by day in May midday value, clear-sky
0 6 12 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
Climate normals calculated from Open-Meteo (ERA5 archive 8 years, sea temperature Marine API). UV estimated from solar elevation.
Other destinations in Africa
Data source
Global weather models — international forecasts
Météo de Cotonou (Benin) : conditions actuelles et prévisions à 24 h et 14 jours pour préparer votre voyage. Sur place actuellement, il fait +27°, partly cloudy, vent 21 km/h. Sur les 7 prochains jours, les températures varient de 24 à 29 °C et 47 mm de pluie. Heure locale (fuseau Africa/Porto-Novo). Données Open-Meteo et WeatherAPI.