Region · Benin

Where to stay in Atlantique Department

This guide covers 3 destinations in Atlantique Department, a first-level administrative division of Benin, with 3 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Abomey-Calavi, Godomey and Ouidah. Across its destinations, August is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport (COO).

Destinations in this guide
3
Places to stay
3
Comfortable in the most places
August
Main airport
COOCotonou Cadjehoun International Airport
Currency
XOFWest African CFA franc
Time zone
Africa/Porto-Novo

Destinations

Destinations in Atlantique Department

Every destination in this guide in Atlantique Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Godomey253,2622AugustCOO · 4 km
Ouidah162,0341AugustCOO · 33 km
Abomey-Calavi656,358AugustCOO · 11 km

Where to stay

Hotels in Atlantique Department

3 hotels in Atlantique Department recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

HotelWhereTypeOpenedWebsite
Casa Del Papa Resort & SPAOuidahhotel
Paradisia HotelGodomeyhotel
Résidence Tichani ClubGodomeyhotel

When to go

Best time to visit Atlantique Department

From the climate of 3 destinations in Atlantique Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: August.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 332 °C12 mm
February0 of 333 °C37 mm
March0 of 333 °C81 mm
April0 of 332 °C122 mm
May0 of 332 °C186 mm
June0 of 330 °C271 mm
July0 of 329 °C119 mm
August3 of 328 °C48 mm
September0 of 329 °C124 mm
October0 of 331 °C161 mm
November0 of 332 °C54 mm
December0 of 332 °C13 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Atlantique Department

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Atlantique Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

Good to know

Public holidays in Atlantique Department, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Benin

1 Jan · New Year's Day8 Jan · Vodoun Festival9 Jan · Vodoun Festival20 Mar · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)6 Apr · Easter Monday1 May · Labor Day14 May · Ascension Day25 May · Pentecost Monday27 May · Eid al-Adha (estimated)1 Aug · National Day15 Aug · Assumption Day25 Aug · Prophet's Birthday (estimated)1 Nov · All Saints' Day25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near Atlantique Department

Other regions of Benin with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Benin travel guide · All regions of Benin

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.