Climate averages 1991–2020
Atakpamé weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Atakpamé: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (84 km away). In April its highs average 31.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Atakpamé, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Atakpamé ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Atakpamé is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Atakpamé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 45 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 81 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 19.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 160 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 189 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 193 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 189 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 104 | 17.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 17 | 4.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Hohoe in AprilGhana · 84 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Kpalimé in AprilTogo · 89 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Abomey in AprilBenin · 102 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Bohicon in AprilBenin · 110 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Ho in AprilGhana · 127 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Lomé in AprilTogo · 156 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Sokodé in AprilTogo · 161 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Godomè in AprilBenin · 185 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.4°C · 90 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Atakpamé) is explained once on the Atakpamé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.