Climate averages 1991–2020
Lomé weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Lomé: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ho (98 km away). In January its highs average 33.1°C, 2.2°C warmer than Lomé, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Lomé ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 33.6°C; Lomé is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 34 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
Lomé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ho in JanuaryGhana · 98 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Kpalimé in JanuaryTogo · 108 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Godomè in JanuaryBenin · 128 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Cotonou in JanuaryBenin · 135 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Hohoe in JanuaryGhana · 141 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Abomey in JanuaryBenin · 145 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Ashaiman in JanuaryGhana · 147 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Ekpé in JanuaryBenin · 148 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 29 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.