Climate averages 1991–2020
Lomé weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Lomé: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ho (98 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Lomé, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Lomé ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 27.6°C; Lomé is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 117 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ho in AugustGhana · 98 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Kpalimé in AugustTogo · 108 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Godomè in AugustBenin · 128 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Cotonou in AugustBenin · 135 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Hohoe in AugustGhana · 141 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Abomey in AugustBenin · 145 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Ashaiman in AugustGhana · 147 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Ekpé in AugustBenin · 148 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.5°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.