Parakou
City in Benin: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Parakou1: UXrocks, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Parakou is a city in Benin, in Borgou. About 255,478 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Benin in our atlas.
It lies at 9.34° N, 2.63° E, about 369 m (1,211 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Porto-Novo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Parakou. Green dots: other major cities of Benin. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Parakou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 36°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 1,096 mm (43 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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
- Djougou · 113 km
- Bohicon · 247 km
- Abomey · 249 km
- Porto-Novo · 315 km
- Abomey-Calavi · 322 km
- Ekpé · 327 km
- Godomè · 329 km
- Cotonou · 331 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2392204 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q688324 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Parakou1: UXrocks, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)