GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Benin City
Nigeria
Benin City had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none in ten years |
Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.
There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
When the soil warms up in Benin City
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 15 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 18 °C | already in the first week of January |
Frost dates near Benin City
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enugu | 209 km | — | — |
| Ibadan | 222 km | — | — |
| Port Harcourt | 229 km | — | — |
| Lagos | 247 km | — | — |
| Ilorin | 269 km | — | — |
Benin City: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Benin City by month
Average weather in Benin City over 2016–2025: the warmest month is February. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (28–34.7 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: November–May (30.8–34.7 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 22.2 °C. About 2266 mm of rain falls in a year, on 255 days; June is the wettest month (380 mm) and January the driest (18 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3 | 22.5 | 18 | 6 |
| February | 34.7 | 24 | 38 | 9 |
| March | 32.8 | 24.6 | 123 | 22 |
| April | 31.9 | 24.2 | 162 | 23 |
| May | 30.8 | 23.7 | 250 | 28 |
| June | 29 | 22.9 | 380 | 29 |
| July | 28 | 22.4 | 315 | 30 |
| August | 28.2 | 22.2 | 268 | 28 |
| September | 28.6 | 22.4 | 351 | 29 |
| October | 29.7 | 22.7 | 255 | 28 |
| November | 31.3 | 23.3 | 84 | 17 |
| December | 32.9 | 22.7 | 22 | 6 |
Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).
