Cotonou
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About
Cotonou is the largest city and seat of government of Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The city lies in the southeast of the country, between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Nokoué.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cotonou, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Cotonou
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
29° / 26°
10.5 mm
UV High
Sat
Showers
29° / 26°
4.7 mm
UV High
Sun
Thunderstorm
29° / 25°
UV Very high
Mon
Showers
30° / 26°
7.6 mm
UV High
Tue
Showers
27° / 25°
6.7 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
28° / 25°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 24°
Typical high / low
6 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.4h
06:34 – 18:58local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Cotonou
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO) at 4 km.
Getting around Cotonou
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
FlixBus-deB Metro
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Jordi Pérez Ibáñez.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.