Abidjan climate

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Abidjan is warmest in February, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (253 mm) and August the driest (85 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Abidjan averages 1,852 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

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Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 30 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month August 85 mm
Wettest month June 253 mm
Least cloud January 53 % cloud
Hottest on record February 34 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C
Warmest sea May 28 °C

What to expectAbidjan through the year

Abidjan changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 26 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 65 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 253 mm against 85 mm in August — 3.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Abidjan is warmest in May at 28 °C and coldest in August at 24 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.8 °C	86 mm	53 %
February	30.1 °C	107 mm	60 %
March	30.1 °C	150 mm	70 %
April	29.8 °C	157 mm	76 %
May	28.9 °C	238 mm	82 %
June	27.4 °C	253 mm	81 %
July	26.6 °C	146 mm	79 %
August	26.4 °C	85 mm	81 %
September	27.1 °C	151 mm	78 %
October	28.0 °C	199 mm	72 %
November	28.8 °C	165 mm	64 %
December	29.2 °C	115 mm	54 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.8 °C	23.9 °C	26.2 °C	34.2 °C	17.0 °C	31	13
February	30.1 °C	24.6 °C	26.8 °C	34.4 °C	19.4 °C	28	14
March	30.1 °C	24.8 °C	26.9 °C	32.9 °C	21.2 °C	31	17
April	29.8 °C	24.6 °C	26.8 °C	32.9 °C	22.5 °C	30	13
May	28.9 °C	24.1 °C	26.1 °C	31.7 °C	22.1 °C	31	4
June	27.4 °C	23.3 °C	25.0 °C	30.2 °C	21.7 °C	29	0
July	26.6 °C	22.7 °C	24.3 °C	28.9 °C	20.5 °C	30	0
August	26.4 °C	22.4 °C	24.0 °C	28.7 °C	19.3 °C	29	0
September	27.1 °C	22.7 °C	24.4 °C	29.2 °C	21.2 °C	29	0
October	28.0 °C	23.2 °C	25.0 °C	30.0 °C	21.6 °C	31	0
November	28.8 °C	23.6 °C	25.7 °C	30.7 °C	21.9 °C	30	1
December	29.2 °C	23.9 °C	26.0 °C	32.0 °C	20.8 °C	31	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	86 mm	17	12 h/day	53 %	84 %	11 km/h	27.3 °C
February	107 mm	20	12 h/day	60 %	85 %	12 km/h	27.4 °C
March	150 mm	24	12 h/day	70 %	85 %	12 km/h	27.9 °C
April	157 mm	24	12 h/day	76 %	86 %	12 km/h	28.3 °C
May	238 mm	29	12 h/day	82 %	87 %	11 km/h	28.4 °C
June	253 mm	27	12 h/day	81 %	88 %	11 km/h	27.0 °C
July	146 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	86 %	13 km/h	25.0 °C
August	85 mm	21	12 h/day	81 %	87 %	14 km/h	23.8 °C
September	151 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	12 km/h	24.3 °C
October	199 mm	29	12 h/day	72 %	88 %	11 km/h	26.2 °C
November	165 mm	27	12 h/day	64 %	88 %	9.2 km/h	28.1 °C
December	115 mm	22	12 h/day	54 %	87 %	9.0 km/h	28.1 °C

How Abidjan compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Abidjan	30 °C	22 °C	1,852 mm	360
Koumassi · Ivory Coast	29 °C	23 °C	1,747 mm	357
Yamoussoukro · Ivory Coast	34 °C	22 °C	1,043 mm	362
Gagnoa · Ivory Coast	32 °C	22 °C	1,153 mm	361
Takoradi · Ghana	30 °C	23 °C	1,263 mm	361
Sinfra · Ivory Coast	33 °C	21 °C	1,106 mm	361

Where Abidjan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	26th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	27th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June	28th of 50	27 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	30th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	35th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in January	41st of 50	27 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Abidjan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Abidjan?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Abidjan get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 65 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Abidjan?

June, averaging 253 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is August with 85 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,852 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Abidjan rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 5.354°, -4.002° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.