Climate averages 1991–2020
Lomé weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Lomé: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ho (98 km away). In April its highs average 32.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Lomé, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Lomé ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Lomé is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 147 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Lomé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 22 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 34 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 54 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 76 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 147 | 24.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 175 | 25.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 99 | 17.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 66 | 13.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 117 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 129 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 63 | 17.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 30 | 8.7 | 11.812 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
April in nearby cities
- Ho in AprilGhana · 98 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Kpalimé in AprilTogo · 108 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Godomè in AprilBenin · 128 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Cotonou in AprilBenin · 135 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Hohoe in AprilGhana · 141 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Abomey in AprilBenin · 145 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Ashaiman in AprilGhana · 147 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Ekpé in AprilBenin · 148 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.4°C · 98 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 Lomé) is explained once on the Lomé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.