Climate and average weather in Tanguiéta

In Tanguiéta, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and partly cloudy and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: early January to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tanguiéta typically varies from 20°C to 37°C, and is rarely below 17°C or above 39°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Tanguiéta for warm-weather activities are from early January to late January and early December to late December.

Hottest
Mar
37°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Aug
273 mm
Driest
Dec
0 mm
Rain / yr
1102 mm
149 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
242 m
10.6°N
Clearest
Dec
27% cloud

Tanguiéta weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Tanguiéta, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.6 months, from February 6 to April 24, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Tanguiéta is March, with an average high of 37°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from June 30 to September 26, with daily high temperatures below 30°C. The coldest month of the year in Tanguiéta is August, with an average low of 22°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in December.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3320
Feb3522
Mar3725
Apr3625
May3324
Jun3123
Jul2923
Aug2822
Sep2922
Oct3122
Nov3420
Dec3420

How hot and cold Tanguiéta really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Tanguiéta feels like about 39°C (around April 26). About 307 days a year carry some heat stress, and 5 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33332020
Feb35352222
Mar37372525
Apr39362525
May37332424
Jun35312323
Jul32292223
Aug31282222
Sep33292222
Oct35312222
Nov34342020
Dec33342020

Average hourly temperature in Tanguiéta

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on March afternoons, near 37°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Tanguiéta weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°10.211.44.5
Feb35° / 22°50.811.63.0
Mar37° / 25°153.611.91.9
Apr36° / 25°5712.512.22.1
May33° / 24°9717.112.52.9
Jun31° / 23°10016.812.63.8
Jul29° / 23°17423.812.63.7
Aug28° / 22°27327.812.43.5
Sep29° / 22°24525.712.13.3
Oct31° / 22°12718.811.83.5
Nov34° / 20°91.811.53.8
Dec34° / 20°0011.44.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Tanguiéta gets about 1102 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.3 months, from around Apr 16 to Oct 24, peaking in August at about 90% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 273 mm over about 28 wet days; December is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 18 · 90%Jan 1 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan10
Feb31
Mar134
Apr4013
May5517
Jun5717
Jul7624
Aug8928
Sep8626
Oct5919
Nov82
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tanguiéta collects about 1102 mm of rain across 149 wet days — roughly 92 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 273 mm, while December is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 63% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1515579710017427324512790
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan10
Feb51
Mar154
Apr5713
May9717
Jun10017
Jul17424
Aug27328
Sep24526
Oct12719
Nov92
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Tanguiéta, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 16 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around March 27. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 83% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 28 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around October 15. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 90% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 26 · 86%Aug 18 · 8%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7921
Feb7426
Mar5545
Apr4159
May3664
Jun3367
Jul1783
Aug1090
Sep2080
Oct4852
Nov7426
Dec8317

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 27, brings about 12 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.47:216:47
Feb11.67:206:59
Mar11.97:077:02
Apr12.26:487:02
May12.56:377:06
Jun12.66:377:14
Jul12.66:447:18
Aug12.46:487:10
Sep12.16:486:51
Oct11.86:476:33
Nov11.56:556:25
Dec11.47:106:33

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Tanguiéta averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around Oct 20 to Mar 23. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 0 sunny days — about 99% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2422 daysAug 140 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar12Mixed
Apr7Gloomy
May5Gloomy
Jun3Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct8Gloomy
Nov18Bright
Dec21Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Tanguiéta, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.4 months, from around March 28 to November 7. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 8 to March 27, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 4 · 100%May 3 · 0%muggycomfortableoppressivedryhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9621100
Feb8156610
Mar3991526110
Apr63624601
May0004924
Jun0002962
Jul0001980
Aug0001990
Sep0000982
Oct2137835
Nov39141217190
Dec8953200

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Tanguiéta is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 2.7 months, from around Dec 11 to Mar 3. The windiest month is January, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 15 to Dec 10, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJan 5 · 10 km/hOct 18 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar8calm
Apr9calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Tanguiéta

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Tanguiéta's monsoon runs July–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Tanguiéta sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

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

Best time to visit Tanguiéta

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tanguiéta throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tanguiéta for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to late January, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 5 · 4.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.5fair
Feb3.0poor
Mar1.9poor
Apr2.1poor
May2.9poor
Jun3.7fair
Jul3.7fair
Aug3.5fair
Sep3.3poor
Oct3.5fair
Nov3.9fair
Dec4.3fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tanguiéta for hot-weather activities is from late October to mid February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 3 · 8.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Tanguiéta, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around March (highs near 37°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 28°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In March, Tanguiéta sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tanguiéta by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tanguiéta peaks around September 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highSep 14UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Tanguiéta

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in September the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan74.5
Feb7.55.5
Mar7.55.5
Apr86
May86
Jun85.5
Jul85.5
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55
Nov6.54
Dec6.53.5

Air quality in Tanguiéta by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Tanguiéta is worst in December — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 1696 µg/m³Aug 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan74Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr42Poor
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov80Unhealthy
Dec98Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tanguiéta is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tanguiéta banks about 6,337 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan513
Feb526
Mar641
Apr612
May579
Jun509
Jul484
Aug468
Sep467
Oct514
Nov509
Dec514

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Tanguiéta receives about 5.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.3 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.5 months, from around Oct 15 to May 30. The brightest month is March, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.3 kWh/m² — roughly 33% less than the March peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 236.5 kWhAug 184.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.0Bright
Feb6.4Intense
Mar6.5Intense
Apr6.3Intense
May6.0Bright
Jun5.3Bright
Jul4.7Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep4.9Bright
Oct5.7Bright
Nov6.0Bright
Dec5.8Bright

Where is Tanguiéta?

Tanguiéta sits at 10.6°N, 1.3°E, 242 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Toukountouna, 18 km away.

BoukoumbéKompiengaPéhonkoMango

Topography around Tanguiéta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tanguiéta has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m around an average of 277 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 423 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 550 m.

The land around Tanguiéta is covered by cropland (40%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (31%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), grassland (32%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
306 m
16 km
423 m
80 km
550 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Toukountouna 18 km · Matéri 24 km · Cobly 33 km · Natitingou 37 km · Boukoumbé 52 km · Kompienga 78 km · Péhonko 92 km · Mango 92 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 Tanguiéta (10.6212°, 1.2665°, elevation 242 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).