Climate averages 1991–2020
Kpalimé weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kpalimé: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (33 km away). In December its highs average 31.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kpalimé, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Kpalimé ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 32.9°C; Kpalimé is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 21 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Hohoe in DecemberGhana · 33 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Ho in DecemberGhana · 38 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Atakpamé in DecemberTogo · 89 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Lomé in DecemberTogo · 108 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Koforidua in DecemberGhana · 133 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Ashaiman in DecemberGhana · 153 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Abomey in DecemberBenin · 153 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Bohicon in DecemberBenin · 161 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 9.3 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.