Grand-Bassam
Côte d'Ivoire
An abandoned French colonial capital slowly being reclaimed by coastal vines and sea breezes.
Warmest month is January at 32°C on average. Coolest is July at 28°C.
Costs and travel essentials
- CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline$1.50 (~$1.50)Country-level price estimate for Côte d'Ivoire, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
- $2.00 (~$2.00)Country-level price estimate for Côte d'Ivoire, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
- Flight timeMethodology7h from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors1,967 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
| Month | Avg high | Daily spread | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 2°C | · |
| February | 32° | 2°C | · |
| March | 32° | 2°C | · |
| April | 32° | 2°C | · |
| May | 31° | 3°C | · |
| June | 29° | 4°C | · |
| July | 28° | 2°C | · |
| August | 28° | 3°C | · |
| September | 28° | 2°C | · |
| October | 29° | 2°C | · |
| November | 31° | 1°C | · |
| December | 31° | 2°C | · |
What to do
- Tour the hauntingly ruined French colonial administrative buildings
- Visit the National Museum of Costume
- Relax on the expansive shoreline leading to the Atlantic
How we know this
Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Daily spread is the width between the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily highs, not a forecast error margin. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.