Abidjan weather by month

The best time to visit Abidjan is January, July and August — 74/100 in August, 28°C and 22 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, December to April (64/100 on average).

The worst month is June at 50/100 — sweltering, soaked, muggy air. See June →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Abidjan🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire · Gulf of Guinea · City74
  1. 68Jan
  2. 64Feb
  3. 63Mar
  4. 60Apr
  5. 53May
  6. 50Jun
  7. 71Jul
  8. 74Aug
  9. 65Sep
  10. 57Oct
  11. 61Nov
  12. 66Dec

Best season: December to April (64/100 on average) · worst June (50/100)

Days
28°C
Nights
23°C
Wet days
22
Sun
8.7 h
Humidity
86%
Daylight
12 h
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Photo: Silvere Meya · Pexels

Abidjan, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Abidjan is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan68C33°C17 d11 hBusy1
Feb64C33°C18 d11 hShoulder1
Mar63C32°C22 d10 hShoulder1
Apr60C32°C25 d10 hBusy2
May53D32°C28 d9 hQuiet1
Jun50D29°C29 d8 hQuiet1
Jul71B29°C25 d10 hBusy1
Aug74B28°C22 d9 hBusy2
Sep65C29°C27 d9 hShoulder1
Oct57D30°C30 d10 hBusy1
Nov61C31°C28 d10 hBusy1
Dec66C32°C22 d10 hShoulder1

What's on in Abidjan through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

March
  • Paquinou Easter exodus3–5 AprHoliday
April
  • MASA performing-arts biennial5–20 Apr (usually)Festival
May
  • Rainy-season flash floods15 May – 15 Jul (usually)Hazard
August
  • Fete de l'Independance7 AugHoliday
  • Petite saison seche1 Aug – 20 Sep (usually)Season
October
  • Abissa in Grand-Bassam20 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)Festival
December
  • Harmattan haze10 Dec – 15 Feb (usually)Season

Everything on in Abidjan through the year →

Crowds in Abidjan in August

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

BusyFete de l'Independance, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Good to know before you go to Abidjan

Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.

Customs & etiquette

A beginner's guide to Abidjan flags that most nationalities, Americans included, need a visa arranged in advance through Ivory Coast's official e-visa portal, with prices starting around $70, so this isn't a spontaneous visa-on-arrival destination. The same guide notes that Abidjanians can come across as reserved or stand-offish to a first-time visitor, more so than in many other West African capitals, which isn't unfriendliness so much as a cultural inheritance from the French colonial period, and their safety advice for evenings was simply to have accommodation arrange a taxi rather than walk between neighborhoods after dark.
Bren on the Road · Read the original ↗

Traveller notes on Abidjan

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Detailed February-specific weather trip reports for Abidjan are limited on the forum, with more discussion focused on the wider Ivory Coast rainy season generally than granular monthly detail. Given the thin destination-specific coverage, this note leans on the well-established regional pattern for Abidjan's coastal, equatorial-adjacent climate: the country runs two rainy seasons, with a shorter, drier stretch typically falling around December through February - meaning February should sit toward the drier, if still warm and humid, end of that cycle compared to the heavier main rains later in spring. Posters generally describe Ivory Coast's climate as consistently hot and humid year-round regardless of the specific rain pattern in play.
Tripadvisor community · February · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters name May and June as the peak of Ivory Coast's rainy season, implying August should sit in a comparatively calmer stretch as the heaviest rains ease off, consistent with the region's typical shorter dry spell mid-year before rains pick up again later. Given how few detailed trip reports exist for Abidjan's August weather specifically, this regional seasonal pattern - August generally quieter on rainfall than the May-June peak - is the most useful guide available. Posters' practical discussion of Abidjan tends to focus more on safety and logistics than granular weather, reflecting how few detailed independent trip reports exist for this destination.
Tripadvisor community · August · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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