Climate averages 1991–2020
Atakpamé weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Atakpamé: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (84 km away). In March its highs average 32.4°C, 1.9°C cooler than Atakpamé, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Atakpamé ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 34.3°C; Atakpamé is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hohoe in MarchGhana · 84 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Kpalimé in MarchTogo · 89 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Abomey in MarchBenin · 102 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Bohicon in MarchBenin · 110 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Ho in MarchGhana · 127 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Lomé in MarchTogo · 156 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Sokodé in MarchTogo · 161 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Godomè in MarchBenin · 185 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 66 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.