The best time to go to Benin is from january until may and july until december, in which you have a warm or hot temperature and barely till mediocre rainfall. The highest average temperature in Benin is 35° in january and the lowest is 29° in august.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Benin or when most rain or snow falls, you can find it quickly below. That way you are well prepared.
| Day max °C |
| MM rain |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Day max °C |
35° | 34° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 35° |
| MM rain |
20 mm | 40 mm | 44 mm | 40 mm | 91 mm | 154 mm | 142 mm | 86 mm | 95 mm | 55 mm | 26 mm | 18 mm |
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Benin there are 3 types of climates prevailing, namely the tropical monsoon climate, tropical wet and dry or savanna climate and hot semi-arid climate. The average annual temperature for Benin is 32° degrees and there is 812 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 82 days a year with an average humidity of 77% and an UV-index of 7.
| Day max °C |
| Night min °C |
| MM rain |
| Rain days |
| Dry days |
| Wind force in Bft |
| Average UV-index |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Day max °C |
35° | 34° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 35° |
| Night min °C |
25° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 26° |
| MM rain |
20 mm | 40 mm | 44 mm | 40 mm | 91 mm | 154 mm | 142 mm | 86 mm | 95 mm | 55 mm | 26 mm | 18 mm |
| Rain days |
10 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 11 |
| Dry days |
21 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 20 |
| Wind force in Bft |
2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average UV-index |
7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
The weather for Porto-Novo in Benin will be 35° till 36° degrees in the next 14 days with several days chance of light rain showers or a quite a few rain.
Fr 19 Apr |
Sa 20 Apr |
Su 21 Apr |
Mo 22 Apr |
Tu 23 Apr |
We 24 Apr |
Th 25 Apr | |
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| Max (°C) | 35° | 35° | 37° | 35° | 35° | 34° | 35° |
| Min (°C) | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 0 mm |
0 mm |
0.1 mm |
3.8 mm |
8.6 mm |
7.0 mm |
1.4 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 0% | 0% | 15% | 45% | 65% | 60% | 20% |
| UV-index | |||||||
| UV-index | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Fr 26 Apr |
Sa 27 Apr |
Su 28 Apr |
Mo 29 Apr |
Tu 30 Apr |
We 1 May |
Th 2 May | |
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| Max (°C) | 34° | 34° | 35° | 36° | 36° | 35° | 36° |
| Min (°C) | 27° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 8.6 mm |
0 mm |
0.1 mm |
1.8 mm |
0.5 mm |
0.1 mm |
2.5 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 65% | 0% | 15% | 25% | 10% | 15% | 35% |
| UV-index | |||||||
| UV-index | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Benin is in the continental part Afrika and the capital is Porto-Novo. It is 112.620 km² with 121 km of coastline and has a population of 11.002.578. In terms of area, the country is 2,5x as small as United Kingdom. If you want to call Benin you have to use +229 or 00229 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +2295012457809 or 002295012457809.
Benin is in a straight line at 5.011 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 6 hour and 55 min.
In Benin it is now 21:21 hour in the evening on friday 19 april 2019. That is 1 hour earlier than in United Kingdom. The time zone of Benin is Africa/Porto-Novo and the Greenwich time is UTC+01.
In Benin the West-Afrikaanse CFA-frank is used to pay.
1 West-Afrikaanse CFA-frank = € 0,00 euro
100 West-Afrikaanse CFA-frank = € 0,15 euro
1 euro = 659,97 West-Afrikaanse CFA-frank
100 euro = 65.996,75 West-Afrikaanse CFA-frank
It can be difficult to calculate the exchange rate yourself. Install an app on your phone that updates the exchange rate daily. By entering the local price you immediately see what the price is in Euro.
Take a credit card along with your own bank card. If your bank card is not accepted then you have the credit card that you can use.
You can find the nearest ATM via various apps such as:
MasterCard ATM Hunter
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MasterCard Nearby
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These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Benin.
