climigo

Togo

When to go?

No ideal month: the best months are December–January, the least hot. Avoid February–November (hot, at times often rainy).

Climate zones

GhanaBeninBurkina FasoLoméLoméLoméSokodéSokodéSokodéKaraKaraKaraAnéhoAnéhoAnéhoKpaliméKpaliméKpalimé

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 35°21°
February 36°22°
March 36°24°
April 35°24°
May 34°23°
June 31°22°
July 30°22°
August 29°22°
September 30°22°
October 32°22°
November 34°21°
December 35°20°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec20.5 · 35.0 °CJanuary: 20.5 · 35.0 °C22.3 · 36.2 °CFebruary: 22.3 · 36.2 °C24.1 · 36.4 °CMarch: 24.1 · 36.4 °C24.1 · 35.2 °CApril: 24.1 · 35.2 °C23.4 · 33.5 °CMay: 23.4 · 33.5 °C22.3 · 31.1 °CJune: 22.3 · 31.1 °C21.8 · 29.6 °CJuly: 21.8 · 29.6 °C21.7 · 29.2 °CAugust: 21.7 · 29.2 °C21.7 · 30.4 °CSeptember: 21.7 · 30.4 °C21.7 · 32.1 °COctober: 21.7 · 32.1 °C21.2 · 34.1 °CNovember: 21.2 · 34.1 °C20.3 · 34.6 °CDecember: 20.3 · 34.6 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 20.5 – 35.0 °C
Feb 22.3 – 36.2 °C
Mar 24.1 – 36.4 °C
Apr 24.1 – 35.2 °C
May 23.4 – 33.5 °C
Jun 22.3 – 31.1 °C
Jul 21.8 – 29.6 °C
Aug 21.7 – 29.2 °C
Sep 21.7 – 30.4 °C
Oct 21.7 – 32.1 °C
Nov 21.2 – 34.1 °C
Dec 20.3 – 34.6 °C

How much it rains

January 7 mm1 d
February 17 mm2 d
March 52 mm5 d
April 105 mm8 d
May 148 mm10 d
June 158 mm13 d
July 166 mm17 d
August 195 mm18 d
September 208 mm16 d
October 139 mm11 d
November 25 mm3 d
December 6 mm1 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec7 mm · 1 rain day · 7 mm a dayJanuary: 7 mm · 1 rain day · 7 mm a day17 mm · 2 rain days · 9 mm a dayFebruary: 17 mm · 2 rain days · 9 mm a day52 mm · 5 rain days · 10 mm a dayMarch: 52 mm · 5 rain days · 10 mm a day105 mm · 8 rain days · 13 mm a dayApril: 105 mm · 8 rain days · 13 mm a day148 mm · 10 rain days · 15 mm a dayMay: 148 mm · 10 rain days · 15 mm a day158 mm · 13 rain days · 12 mm a dayJune: 158 mm · 13 rain days · 12 mm a day166 mm · 17 rain days · 10 mm a dayJuly: 166 mm · 17 rain days · 10 mm a day195 mm · 18 rain days · 11 mm a dayAugust: 195 mm · 18 rain days · 11 mm a day208 mm · 16 rain days · 13 mm a daySeptember: 208 mm · 16 rain days · 13 mm a day139 mm · 11 rain days · 13 mm a dayOctober: 139 mm · 11 rain days · 13 mm a day25 mm · 3 rain days · 8 mm a dayNovember: 25 mm · 3 rain days · 8 mm a day6 mm · 1 rain day · 6 mm a dayDecember: 6 mm · 1 rain day · 6 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 7 mm1 d
Feb 17 mm2 d
Mar 52 mm5 d
Apr 105 mm8 d
May 148 mm10 d
Jun 158 mm13 d
Jul 166 mm17 d
Aug 195 mm18 d
Sep 208 mm16 d
Oct 139 mm11 d
Nov 25 mm3 d
Dec 6 mm1 d

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

January 11 h 41
February 11 h 52
March 12 h 04
April 12 h 19
May 12 h 30
June 12 h 36
July 12 h 34
August 12 h 24
September 12 h 10
October 11 h 57
November 11 h 45
December 11 h 38

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Main cities

Lomé

Sokodé

Kara

Cities