🇧🇯 Benín
Parakou
Parakou is the largest city in northern Benin, and the third-largest city in the country, with an estimated population of 206,667 people, and capital of the Borgou Department. Administratively, the commune of Parakou makes one of Benin's 77 communes.
- Country
- 🇧🇯 Benín
- Elevation
- 367 m
- Population
- 255,478
- Time zone
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- Coordinates
- 9.34, 2.63
Weather in Parakou month by month
The best months to go: Jul · Sep · Oct
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 35° | 37° | 37° | 36° | 34° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 32° | 35° | 35° |
| low | 19° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° |
| rain | 0 mm | 0 mm | 19 mm | 38 mm | 74 mm | 126 mm | 143 mm | 237 mm | 189 mm | 74 mm | 3 mm | 0 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Parakou is from other cities in Benín
- Porto-Novo316 km✈ 1 h 8 min · 🚗 5 h 16 min
- Abomey-Calavi323 km✈ 1 h 9 min · 🚗 5 h 23 min
- Godomè329 km✈ 1 h 9 min · 🚗 5 h 29 min
- Cotonou331 km✈ 1 h 9 min · 🚗 5 h 31 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.