Abomey
City in Benin: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Rue d'Abomey (1): Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Abomey is a city in Benin, in Zou. About 117,824 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Benin in our atlas.
It lies at 7.18° N, 1.99° E, about 228 m (748 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Porto-Novo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Abomey. Green dots: other major cities of Benin. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Abomey has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (69°F). Around 1,215 mm (48 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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
- Bohicon · 8 km
- Abomey-Calavi · 91 km
- Godomè · 96 km
- Porto-Novo · 102 km
- Cotonou · 102 km
- Ekpé · 106 km
- Parakou · 249 km
- Djougou · 283 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2395915 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q189685 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Rue d'Abomey (1): Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)