Region · Benin
Where to stay in Mono Department
This guide covers 3 destinations in Mono Department, a first-level administrative division of Benin, with 2 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Lokossa, Grand-Popo and Athiémè. Across its destinations, August is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Lomé–Tokoin International Airport (LFW).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Places to stay
- 2
- Comfortable in the most places
- August
- Main airport
- LFWLomé–Tokoin International Airport
- Currency
- XOFWest African CFA franc
- Time zone
- Africa/Porto-Novo
Destinations
Destinations in Mono Department
Every destination in this guide in Mono 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.
Where to stay
Hotels in Mono Department
2 hotels in Mono Department recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Auberge de Grand Popo | Grand-Popo | |
| Millenium Popo Beach Hotel | Grand-Popo |
When to go
Best time to visit Mono Department
From the climate of 3 destinations in Mono 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.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 7 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 35 °C | 32 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 35 °C | 90 mm |
| April | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 114 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 141 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 160 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 95 mm |
| August | 1 of 3 | 29 °C | 58 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 144 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 153 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 38 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 10 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 Mono Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Mono 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 Mono Department, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Benin
Nearby
Regions near Mono 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.
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.