Djougou weather in July

In July, Djougou sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 248 mm of rain across 27.3 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Djougou's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Djougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
248 mm
27.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:43 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
79%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Djougou is city in north west Benin.

Density
24/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Djougou reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Djougou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 3 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
3
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Djougou weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°10.211.54.7
Feb35° / 22°61.211.73.3
Mar36° / 24°244.411.92.4
Apr34° / 24°8813.812.22.6
May32° / 23°1522112.43.0
Jun30° / 22°16622.312.63.5
Jul28° / 22°24827.312.53.5
Aug28° / 22°30928.412.33.5
Sep29° / 22°2552612.13.2
Oct31° / 22°12917.511.83.6
Nov34° / 20°91.511.63.9
Dec33° / 19°10.211.44.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32080
42080
52080
61981
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Djougou gets around 248 mm of rain over 27.3 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
282
383
484
584
685
785
886
986
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1790
1890
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2190
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2791
2891
2991
3092
3192

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12971
22980
32980
42980
52980
63970
73970
83970
93970
103970
113970
123970
133970
143970
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224960
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264960
274960
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305950
315950

Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:407:13
212.66:407:14
312.66:407:14
412.66:417:14
512.66:417:14
612.66:417:14
712.56:417:14
812.56:427:14
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1212.56:437:14
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2612.56:467:14
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2912.46:467:13
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3112.46:467:13

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Djougou

In seasonPeak

In July, Djougou sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Djougou's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Djougou sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Djougou?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Djougou.

What to pack for Djougou in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Djougou sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Djougou in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Djougou peaks around April 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 16UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Djougou in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Djougou is worst in February — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1177 µg/m³Aug 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar52Poor
Apr41Poor
May24Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov49Poor
Dec71Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Djougou?

Djougou sits at 9.7°N, 1.7°E, 444 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Kopargo, 20 km away.

KaraBafiloNiamtougouPéhonkoNatitingouTobré

Topography around Djougou

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Djougou.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Djougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 425 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 666 m.

The land around Djougou is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%), cropland (28%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (44%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
666 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
July weather nearby: Kopargo 20 km · Ouaké 31 km · Kara 55 km · Bafilo 59 km · Niamtougou 62 km · Péhonko 68 km · Natitingou 73 km · Tobré 74 km

Benin travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,658
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Muslim 28%Roman Catholic 26%Protestant 14%Vodoun 12%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Djougou (9.7085°, 1.666°, elevation 444 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).