Climate averages 1991–2020
Lomé weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Lomé: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ho (98 km away). In October its highs average 29.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Lomé, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Lomé ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 29.9°C; Lomé is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ho in OctoberGhana · 98 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Kpalimé in OctoberTogo · 108 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Godomè in OctoberBenin · 128 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Cotonou in OctoberBenin · 135 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Hohoe in OctoberGhana · 141 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Abomey in OctoberBenin · 145 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Ashaiman in OctoberGhana · 147 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Ekpé in OctoberBenin · 148 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 155 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.