Climate averages 1991–2020
Lomé weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Lomé: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ho (98 km away). In March its highs average 33.2°C, 1.9°C warmer than Lomé, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Lomé ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 34.3°C; Lomé is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ho in MarchGhana · 98 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Kpalimé in MarchTogo · 108 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Godomè in MarchBenin · 128 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Cotonou in MarchBenin · 135 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Hohoe in MarchGhana · 141 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Abomey in MarchBenin · 145 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Ashaiman in MarchGhana · 147 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Ekpé in MarchBenin · 148 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.6°C · 73 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.