🇧🇯 Cotonou, Benin
Cotonou is the capital of Benin. Real-Earth coordinates 6.363°, 2.404°, population 762,000. The busiest sky in the country — monuments to circle, other pilots in the air and the city's own tower frequency on the radio. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Airports near Cotonou within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Cadjehoun Airport (COO) · 2 km · 33 flights in 30 days
- Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) · 104 km · 451 flights in 30 days
Flights are airline flight numbers our receivers heard heading to or from the airport, once a day each — not runway movements. All airports
Activity in Cotonou
Flying conditions in Cotonou
Sunrise 06:38 · Sunset 18:29 · 11 h 51 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Cotonou through the year
November in Cotonou averages 28°C with winds around 14 km/h, and roughly 72% of days are good for flying — about 14 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: December, January, February; June is the most restricted at 23% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C | 15 km/h | 9 | 90% |
| February | 28.6°C | 16 km/h | 8 | 86% |
| March | 29.1°C | 18 km/h | 10 | 79% |
| April | 28.9°C | 16 km/h | 12 | 77% |
| May | 28.4°C | 15 km/h | 18 | 52% |
| June | 26.9°C | 15 km/h | 26 | 23% |
| July | 25.8°C | 20 km/h | 16 | 60% |
| August | 25.3°C | 21 km/h | 16 | 81% |
| September | 25.9°C | 19 km/h | 18 | 67% |
| October | 26.7°C | 15 km/h | 19 | 60% |
| November | 28°C | 14 km/h | 14 | 72% |
| December | 28.3°C | 14 km/h | 6 | 92% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Cotonou
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What you can do here
- Fly Cotonou in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 6.363°, 2.404° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Cotonou.