Abomey-Calavi
City in Benin: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Abomey-Calavi vue: Élisée.Adad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Abomey-Calavi is a city in Benin, in Atlantique. About 385,755 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Benin in our atlas.
It lies at 6.45° N, 2.36° E, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Porto-Novo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Abomey-Calavi. Green dots: other major cities of Benin. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Abomey-Calavi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 23°C (73°F). Around 1,342 mm (53 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in BeninNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Godomè · 7 km
- Cotonou · 12 km
- Ekpé · 21 km
- Porto-Novo · 28 km
- Bohicon · 87 km
- Abomey · 91 km
- Parakou · 322 km
- Djougou · 370 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2395914 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2473939 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Abomey-Calavi vue: Élisée.Adad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)