Climate averages 1991–2020
Kpalimé weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kpalimé: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (33 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kpalimé, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Kpalimé ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 33.6°C; Kpalimé is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hohoe in JanuaryGhana · 33 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Ho in JanuaryGhana · 38 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Atakpamé in JanuaryTogo · 89 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Lomé in JanuaryTogo · 108 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Koforidua in JanuaryGhana · 133 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ashaiman in JanuaryGhana · 153 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Abomey in JanuaryBenin · 153 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Bohicon in JanuaryBenin · 161 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 9.8 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.