🇧🇯 Benín
Cotonou
Cotonou is the seat of government and largest city of Benin. The official city proper population was 679,012 in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The city lies in the southeast of the country, between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Nokoué.
- Country
- 🇧🇯 Benín
- Elevation
- 8 m
- Population
- 679,012
- Time zone
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- Coordinates
- 6.37, 2.42
Weather in Cotonou month by month
The best months to go: Jan · Feb · Aug
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 31° |
| low | 25° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 25° |
| rain | 16 mm | 16 mm | 78 mm | 70 mm | 124 mm | 233 mm | 112 mm | 87 mm | 146 mm | 116 mm | 59 mm | 16 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Cotonou is from other cities in Benín
- Godomè8 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 8 min
- Abomey-Calavi12 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 12 min
- Porto-Novo25 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 25 min
- Parakou331 km✈ 1 h 9 min · 🚗 5 h 31 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.