Porto-Novo
Capital of Benin: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Porto-Novo vue: Élisée.Adad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin, in Ouémé. About 264,320 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Benin in our atlas.
It lies at 6.50° N, 2.60° E, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Porto-Novo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Porto-Novo. Green dots: other major cities of Benin. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Porto-Novo 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in BeninNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ekpé · 14 km
- Cotonou · 25 km
- Abomey-Calavi · 28 km
- Godomè · 31 km
- Bohicon · 96 km
- Abomey · 102 km
- Parakou · 315 km
- Djougou · 371 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2392087 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3799 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Porto-Novo vue: Élisée.Adad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Musee Honmè de Porto-Novo au Bénin: Adoscam, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gate of Porto Novo ethnographic museum Benin Dec 2017: Kulttuurinavigaattori, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
