Climate averages 1991–2020
Lomé weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lomé: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ho (98 km away). In May its highs average 30.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Lomé, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Lomé ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 31.3°C; Lomé is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 175 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ho in MayGhana · 98 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Kpalimé in MayTogo · 108 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 173 mm rain
- Godomè in MayBenin · 128 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Cotonou in MayBenin · 135 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 164 mm rain
- Hohoe in MayGhana · 141 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Abomey in MayBenin · 145 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Ashaiman in MayGhana · 147 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Ekpé in MayBenin · 148 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 171 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.