Climate averages 1991–2020
Kpalimé weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kpalimé: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hohoe (33 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kpalimé, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Kpalimé ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 31.3°C; Kpalimé is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 202 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hohoe in MayGhana · 33 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Ho in MayGhana · 38 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Atakpamé in MayTogo · 89 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Lomé in MayTogo · 108 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Koforidua in MayGhana · 133 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Ashaiman in MayGhana · 153 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Abomey in MayBenin · 153 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Bohicon in MayBenin · 161 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 132 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.