Climate averages 1991–2020
Atakpamé weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Atakpamé: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (84 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Atakpamé, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Atakpamé ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 33.6°C; Atakpamé is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hohoe in JanuaryGhana · 84 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Kpalimé in JanuaryTogo · 89 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Abomey in JanuaryBenin · 102 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Bohicon in JanuaryBenin · 110 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Ho in JanuaryGhana · 127 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Lomé in JanuaryTogo · 156 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Sokodé in JanuaryTogo · 161 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Godomè in JanuaryBenin · 185 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 25 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.