Climate averages 1991–2020
Kpalimé weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kpalimé: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (33 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kpalimé, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Kpalimé ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 27.6°C; Kpalimé is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 210 mm to 235 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kpalimé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 21 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 40 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 92 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 123 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 173 | 25.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 202 | 26.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 213 | 27.1 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 210 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 235 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 25.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 53 | 12.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 21 | 5.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hohoe in AugustGhana · 33 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Ho in AugustGhana · 38 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Atakpamé in AugustTogo · 89 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Lomé in AugustTogo · 108 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Koforidua in AugustGhana · 133 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Ashaiman in AugustGhana · 153 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Abomey in AugustBenin · 153 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Bohicon in AugustBenin · 161 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 152 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 Kpalimé) is explained once on the Kpalimé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.