Climate averages 1991–2020
Atakpamé weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Atakpamé: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (84 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Atakpamé, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Atakpamé ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 29.9°C; Atakpamé is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hohoe in OctoberGhana · 84 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Kpalimé in OctoberTogo · 89 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Abomey in OctoberBenin · 102 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Bohicon in OctoberBenin · 110 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Ho in OctoberGhana · 127 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Lomé in OctoberTogo · 156 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Sokodé in OctoberTogo · 161 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Godomè in OctoberBenin · 185 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 150 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.