Climate averages 1991–2020
Atakpamé weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Atakpamé: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (84 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Atakpamé, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Atakpamé ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 27.6°C; Atakpamé is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 189 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hohoe in AugustGhana · 84 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Kpalimé in AugustTogo · 89 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Abomey in AugustBenin · 102 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Bohicon in AugustBenin · 110 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Ho in AugustGhana · 127 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Lomé in AugustTogo · 156 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Sokodé in AugustTogo · 161 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 307 mm rain
- Godomè in AugustBenin · 185 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 96 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.