Climate averages 1991–2020
Kara 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 Kara: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Djougou (55 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Kara, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Kara ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 29.9°C; Kara is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 13 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Djougou in OctoberBenin · 55 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Sokodé in OctoberTogo · 63 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Parakou in OctoberBenin · 160 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Tamale in OctoberGhana · 223 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Atakpamé in OctoberTogo · 224 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Bawku in OctoberGhana · 229 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Saki in OctoberNigeria · 262 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in OctoberGhana · 262 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 46 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.