Climate averages 1991–2020
Lomé weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Lomé: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ho (98 km away). In December its highs average 31.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Lomé, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Lomé ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 32.9°C; Lomé is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 22 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ho in DecemberGhana · 98 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Kpalimé in DecemberTogo · 108 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Godomè in DecemberBenin · 128 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Cotonou in DecemberBenin · 135 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Hohoe in DecemberGhana · 141 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Abomey in DecemberBenin · 145 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Ashaiman in DecemberGhana · 147 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Ekpé in DecemberBenin · 148 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 37 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.