Climate averages 1991–2020

Kpalimé weather
by month.

See how the year changes. February has the highest average daily maximum; December (tied with January) has the lowest average monthly rainfall.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Warmest month 34.2°C February, average high
Coolest month 21.9°C August, average low
Wettest month 235 mm September, monthly total
Driest month 21 mm December, monthly total
The year at a glance · average highYear overview

Across the year Kpalimé averages a daytime high of 30.9°C and a nighttime low of 23.0°C, with about 1,539 mm of rain on roughly 230 days. February is the warmest month (average high 34.2°C) and August (tied with July) the coolest (28.0°C). September is the wettest month with 235 mm; December (tied with January) is the driest with 21 mm.

The annual picture

A year in Kpalimé

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kpalimé climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kpalimé, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 33.7°C22.7°C22.7°C214.311.812 h
February 34.2°C23.8°C23.8°C408.311.912 h
March 33.2°C24.2°C24.2°C9218.512.112 h
April 32.2°C24.2°C24.2°C12321.312.312 h
May 30.9°C23.7°C23.7°C17325.512.412 h
June 29.0°C22.8°C22.8°C20226.812.513 h
July 28.0°C22.1°C22.1°C21327.112.512 h
August 28.0°C21.9°C21.9°C21027.112.312 h
September 28.7°C22.2°C22.2°C23527.712.212 h
October 29.9°C22.5°C22.5°C15625.712.012 h
November 31.2°C22.8°C22.8°C5312.811.812 h
December 32.3°C22.7°C22.7°C215.011.712 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.

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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 limits
What do the high and low temperatures mean?

We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.

How is a rain day counted?

A local calendar day (standard time, UTC±0, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.

Where do the numbers come from?

ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 6.90°, 0.60° (4 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 1.0°C for the difference between the city's elevation (225 m) and the cell's (385 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 7.00°, 0.75°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.

Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?

No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.