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Satellite view of Baie du Banco; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Bay

Baie du Banco

Ivory CoastAbidjan Autonomous District · Ivory Coast · Gulf of Guinea

5.3355, -4.0367 · Abidjan, 4 km

  • 28°Sea · May
  • 32°High · January
  • 6.4 hSunshine · November
The dot marks Baie du Banco. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Baie du Banco in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high23°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 5.0 hSunshine a day
  • 28 daysRainy days in the month183 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 26.5 °C — 0.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.7 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaApril and May28 °C
Most sunshineNovember and December6 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and August26 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°6 h26 mm
  2. Feb27°5 h63 mm
  3. Mar28°6 h130 mm
  4. Apr28°6 h158 mm
  5. May28°6 h201 mm
  6. Jun27°4 h260 mm
  7. Jul25°4 h98 mm
  8. Aug24°3 h46 mm
  9. Sep24°4 h99 mm
  10. Oct26°5 h183 mm
  11. Nov28°6 h110 mm
  12. Dec28°6 h50 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 27°Mar: 28°Apr: 28°May: 28°Jun: 27°Jul: 25°Aug: 24°Sep: 24°Oct: 26°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°24°28°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 32° / Low 23°)Feb: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 24°)Mar: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Apr: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)May: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Jun: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Jul: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Aug: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Sep: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)Oct: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Nov: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Dec: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)28°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 mm26Feb: 63 mmMar: 130 mmApr: 158 mmMay: 201 mmJun: 260 mm260Jul: 98 mmAug: 46 mmSep: 99 mmOct: 183 mmNov: 110 mmDec: 50 mm

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.2 hFeb: 5.4 hMar: 5.8 hApr: 6.0 hMay: 5.5 hJun: 3.8 hJul: 3.8 hAug: 3.2 h3.2Sep: 3.6 hOct: 5.0 hNov: 6.4 h6.4Dec: 6.2 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Baie du Banco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Baie du Banco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January3223272676.210
February31242763145.412
March302528130265.812
April302528158286.011
Maywarmest sea292428201305.511
June282427260283.813
July27222598183.814
August27222446143.215
September28222499223.614
October292326183285.012
November292428110256.410
December30242850146.29

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Baie du Banco: Secretary Clinton and Ivoirian President Ouattara Hold a Joint Press Conference
Photo: U.S. Department of State · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

The nearest sea measurement point is 25 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER37 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202025 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.137 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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