Kpozoun climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kpozoun?

Kpozoun has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kpozoun?

The hottest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2010, reaching 39.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kpozoun?

The coldest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 16.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kpozoun?

Almost never: Kpozoun sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kpozoun warmed?

Yes: Kpozoun warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kpozoun?

The wettest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kpozoun?

The windiest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2019, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kpozoun?

The warmest month in Kpozoun is February (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kpozoun?

Kpozoun receives on average 992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kpozoun?

Kpozoun gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kpozoun (Benin) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (29.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Kpozoun averages 0 frost days, 257 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

Kpozoun has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 24 February 2010) and the coldest 16.5 °C (on 9 January 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

KpozounZou Department

coords: 7.23°, 2.21°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

31.6°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

992mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

4.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

257 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.5 °C

Average feels-like low

27.7 °C

Average peak gust

28.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

39.5 °C

24 February 2010

Coldest day

16.5 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

116 mm

23 July 2023

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

6 March 2019

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

1 April 2007

Hottest feels-like

45.3 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

21 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.2 °C3 March 2025	21.6 °C1 September 2025	28.0 °C	812 mm	291
2024	38.8 °C14 February 2024	20.7 °C21 December 2024	28.6 °C	717 mm	310
2023	39.0 °C21 February 2023	20.6 °C2 January 2023	28.2 °C	1,112 mm	305
2022	38.4 °C16 February 2022	20.6 °C26 December 2022	27.8 °C	882 mm	280
2021	38.5 °C1 March 2021	21.4 °C27 June 2021	28.4 °C	781 mm	332
2020	39.1 °C21 February 2020	19.5 °C3 January 2020	28.1 °C	725 mm	293
2019	38.1 °C10 February 2019	21.4 °C24 December 2019	28.0 °C	1,288 mm	302
2018	38.3 °C23 February 2018	19.8 °C6 January 2018	27.8 °C	1,278 mm	296
2017	37.3 °C24 February 2017	21.0 °C24 December 2017	27.9 °C	962 mm	297
2016	38.7 °C24 February 2016	21.4 °C27 January 2016	28.2 °C	1,077 mm	305
2015	36.5 °C29 December 2015	18.4 °C6 January 2015	27.8 °C	750 mm	301
2014	37.0 °C22 February 2014	20.8 °C27 December 2014	27.5 °C	1,005 mm	275
2013	38.9 °C16 February 2013	19.8 °C5 January 2013	27.7 °C	771 mm	285
2012	38.1 °C23 March 2012	19.7 °C15 January 2012	27.4 °C	1,103 mm	275
2011	36.8 °C24 March 2011	19.4 °C1 January 2011	27.7 °C	837 mm	304
2010	39.5 °C24 February 2010	21.7 °C31 December 2010	28.2 °C	930 mm	314
2009	36.7 °C6 February 2009	20.5 °C23 January 2009	27.7 °C	795 mm	291
2008	36.9 °C16 February 2008	18.9 °C23 January 2008	27.4 °C	974 mm	285
2007	38.7 °C6 March 2007	19.6 °C13 January 2007	27.5 °C	945 mm	283
2006	38.5 °C25 January 2006	21.5 °C26 July 2006	27.5 °C	1,029 mm	265
2005	36.4 °C23 February 2005	18.7 °C13 January 2005	27.5 °C	819 mm	260
2004	37.2 °C13 March 2004	21.4 °C25 July 2004	27.3 °C	942 mm	259
2003	37.2 °C24 March 2003	18.3 °C9 December 2003	27.3 °C	942 mm	264
2002	35.9 °C19 February 2002	17.3 °C28 December 2002	27.0 °C	1,065 mm	253
2001	37.8 °C20 February 2001	21.1 °C13 February 2001	27.2 °C	821 mm	252
2000	38.2 °C6 March 2000	20.0 °C2 February 2000	27.3 °C	907 mm	261
1999	36.1 °C5 February 1999	21.0 °C5 August 1999	26.9 °C	1,203 mm	241
1998	38.9 °C8 February 1998	19.9 °C21 January 1998	27.8 °C	870 mm	282
1997	37.2 °C20 February 1997	20.7 °C2 February 1997	27.1 °C	929 mm	261
1996	36.5 °C6 February 1996	21.7 °C8 September 1996	27.0 °C	982 mm	246
1995	37.1 °C11 February 1995	19.0 °C26 December 1995	27.1 °C	1,174 mm	253
1994	36.6 °C16 March 1994	19.1 °C22 December 1994	27.1 °C	972 mm	254
1993	36.1 °C12 February 1993	18.7 °C7 January 1993	27.1 °C	1,107 mm	274
1992	37.6 °C20 February 1992	18.7 °C6 January 1992	26.9 °C	950 mm	242
1991	36.9 °C10 March 1991	18.7 °C1 January 1991	26.8 °C	1,179 mm	251
1990	38.9 °C26 March 1990	20.8 °C25 December 1990	27.1 °C	959 mm	269
1989	37.1 °C26 February 1989	17.3 °C3 January 1989	26.9 °C	1,171 mm	257
1988	37.6 °C28 February 1988	19.0 °C25 December 1988	27.1 °C	1,271 mm	273
1987	36.9 °C2 March 1987	20.6 °C28 September 1987	27.6 °C	1,108 mm	304
1986	37.8 °C2 February 1986	19.2 °C21 December 1986	26.8 °C	973 mm	264
1985	38.8 °C24 February 1985	18.9 °C19 December 1985	26.8 °C	1,255 mm	259
1984	36.9 °C23 February 1984	19.4 °C14 December 1984	27.1 °C	1,068 mm	295
1983	38.7 °C7 March 1983	19.1 °C19 January 1983	27.2 °C	783 mm	267
1982	37.1 °C5 February 1982	19.3 °C7 January 1982	26.8 °C	950 mm	256
1981	37.3 °C19 February 1981	20.5 °C30 July 1981	26.9 °C	1,024 mm	264
1980	36.7 °C11 March 1980	18.6 °C23 December 1980	26.8 °C	1,338 mm	257
1979	36.5 °C28 February 1979	18.5 °C12 December 1979	26.8 °C	1,209 mm	249
1978	36.7 °C6 February 1978	19.8 °C5 July 1978	26.6 °C	979 mm	246
1977	36.7 °C15 March 1977	18.7 °C26 December 1977	26.9 °C	852 mm	258
1976	35.6 °C5 April 1976	18.6 °C2 December 1976	26.1 °C	1,038 mm	213
1975	36.3 °C12 March 1975	19.1 °C22 January 1975	26.1 °C	1,038 mm	224
1974	36.1 °C11 March 1974	17.8 °C30 December 1974	26.2 °C	1,153 mm	228
1973	38.4 °C27 January 1973	19.9 °C29 November 1973	27.1 °C	1,097 mm	270
1972	36.2 °C21 December 1972	20.6 °C14 August 1972	26.8 °C	1,081 mm	260
1971	36.3 °C5 February 1971	18.5 °C20 December 1971	26.2 °C	1,265 mm	250
1970	36.6 °C8 April 1970	18.9 °C4 December 1970	26.6 °C	1,234 mm	254
1969	37.3 °C4 February 1969	20.9 °C30 July 1969	26.6 °C	1,008 mm	237
1968	36.9 °C7 February 1968	17.7 °C18 January 1968	26.3 °C	1,504 mm	234
1967	36.4 °C3 February 1967	18.8 °C4 January 1967	26.2 °C	1,187 mm	212
1966	38.9 °C16 March 1966	18.1 °C4 January 1966	27.0 °C	808 mm	274
1965	36.3 °C22 February 1965	20.8 °C21 December 1965	26.4 °C	960 mm	257
1964	37.6 °C9 March 1964	17.0 °C13 January 1964	26.6 °C	634 mm	247
1963	37.5 °C14 March 1963	19.2 °C11 March 1963	26.5 °C	1,125 mm	258
1962	37.9 °C3 March 1962	18.3 °C8 February 1962	26.3 °C	1,007 mm	214
1961	37.7 °C8 March 1961	18.2 °C15 August 1961	26.7 °C	682 mm	267
1960	37.0 °C15 February 1960	18.9 °C2 January 1960	26.4 °C	1,106 mm	243
1959	36.9 °C2 February 1959	19.0 °C1 January 1959	26.4 °C	954 mm	246
1958	36.1 °C3 March 1958	19.0 °C3 August 1958	26.2 °C	741 mm	225
1957	36.3 °C19 February 1957	16.5 °C9 January 1957	25.6 °C	1,272 mm	178
1956	36.3 °C16 February 1956	18.3 °C10 August 1956	25.7 °C	944 mm	196
1955	36.8 °C19 February 1955	18.3 °C30 December 1955	26.0 °C	1,040 mm	214
1954	37.2 °C9 February 1954	17.8 °C24 July 1954	26.0 °C	826 mm	215
1953	35.7 °C30 January 1953	18.2 °C3 December 1953	26.3 °C	824 mm	229
1952	36.5 °C29 February 1952	18.5 °C4 February 1952	26.2 °C	972 mm	234
1951	35.8 °C17 February 1951	19.9 °C18 August 1951	26.2 °C	1,207 mm	234
1950	36.8 °C15 February 1950	19.3 °C4 August 1950	26.0 °C	972 mm	227
1949	37.4 °C19 February 1949	19.1 °C15 August 1949	26.4 °C	881 mm	251
1948	37.1 °C27 February 1948	19.1 °C5 January 1948	26.3 °C	864 mm	221
1947	36.8 °C29 January 1947	18.7 °C21 January 1947	26.3 °C	1,071 mm	221
1946	38.4 °C5 March 1946	17.7 °C1 January 1946	26.3 °C	767 mm	218
1945	38.2 °C7 April 1945	16.8 °C31 December 1945	26.4 °C	872 mm	239
1944	36.8 °C14 February 1944	18.3 °C1 February 1944	26.2 °C	1,080 mm	232
1943	35.7 °C5 March 1943	18.4 °C20 August 1943	25.8 °C	848 mm	231
1942	36.3 °C13 February 1942	19.5 °C24 July 1942	26.1 °C	829 mm	229
1941	36.4 °C9 March 1941	20.4 °C22 September 1941	26.1 °C	953 mm	228
1940	35.0 °C23 February 1940	20.2 °C4 August 1940	25.9 °C	905 mm	207

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.8 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

291 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

812 mm

-180 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.1 °C	+2.3 °C	2 mm	-10 mm
Feb	36.1 °C	+1.2 °C	16 mm	-10 mm
Mar	36.1 °C	+1.8 °C	42 mm	-23 mm
Apr	34.0 °C	+1.0 °C	45 mm	-52 mm
May	32.9 °C	+1.2 °C	91 mm	-37 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+1.2 °C	133 mm	-10 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	86 mm	-41 mm
Aug	28.7 °C	+0.3 °C	113 mm	-3 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+0.9 °C	147 mm	+9 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+0.8 °C	113 mm	+13 mm
Nov	33.6 °C	+1.5 °C	16 mm	-13 mm
Dec	34.6 °C	+1.4 °C	8 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.2 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest day

21.6 °C

1 Sep 2025

Wettest day

49.5 mm

4 Aug 2025

Windiest day

18.5 km/h

18 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

42.8 km/h

18 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.8 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kpozoun?

Kpozoun has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kpozoun?

The hottest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2010, reaching 39.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kpozoun?

The coldest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 16.5 °C.

Does it snow in Kpozoun?

Almost never: Kpozoun sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kpozoun warmed?

Yes: Kpozoun warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kpozoun?

The wettest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kpozoun?

The windiest day measured in Kpozoun between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2019, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kpozoun?

The warmest month in Kpozoun is February (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kpozoun?

Kpozoun receives on average 992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kpozoun?

Kpozoun gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kpozoun?

Yes: Kpozoun has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kpozoun?

In Kpozoun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 28 March 2024, and the lowest was 12.7 °C on 9 January 1957.

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