Climate averages 1991–2020
Atakpamé weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Atakpamé: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (84 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Atakpamé, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Atakpamé ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 31.3°C; Atakpamé is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hohoe in MayGhana · 84 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Kpalimé in MayTogo · 89 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 173 mm rain
- Abomey in MayBenin · 102 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Bohicon in MayBenin · 110 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Ho in MayGhana · 127 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Lomé in MayTogo · 156 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Sokodé in MayTogo · 161 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Godomè in MayBenin · 185 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 166 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.