Climate averages 1991–2020
Kara 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 Kara: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Djougou (55 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kara, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Kara ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 31.3°C; Kara is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 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
Kara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 32 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 90 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 32.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 144 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 160 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 233 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 305 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 266 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 134 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.612 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
- Djougou in MayBenin · 55 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Sokodé in MayTogo · 63 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Parakou in MayBenin · 160 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Tamale in MayGhana · 223 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Atakpamé in MayTogo · 224 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Bawku in MayGhana · 229 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Saki in MayNigeria · 262 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in MayGhana · 262 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 53 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 Kara) is explained once on the Kara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.