Sokodé
Elevation 340 m8.98° N, 1.13° E
When to go?
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (5 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 29 °C, 2 rain days in the month (12 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 30 °C, 5 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 29 °C, 8 rain days in the month (99 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 28 °C, 10 rain days in the month (151 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 26 °C, 14 rain days in the month (186 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 25 °C, 20 rain days in the month (212 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 21 rain days in the month (240 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 17 rain days in the month (223 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 11 rain days in the month (138 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 27 °C, 1 rain day in the month (15 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
No ideal month: the best months are November–January, the least hot. Avoid February–October (hot, at times often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.2 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.7 °C), coldest: 1957 (−0.8 °C).
March and April warmed the most (+1.2 and +1.0 °C), August the least (+0.5 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.