Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokodé weather
in April.
A very hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Sokodé: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (63 km away). In April its highs average 35.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Sokodé, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Sokodé ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Sokodé is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 164 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sokodé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.4 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 45 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 113 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 164 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 186 | 23.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 254 | 28.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 307 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 136 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Kara in AprilTogo · 63 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Djougou in AprilBenin · 100 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Atakpamé in AprilTogo · 161 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Parakou in AprilBenin · 169 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Hohoe in AprilGhana · 216 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Abomey in AprilBenin · 221 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Tamale in AprilGhana · 221 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Bohicon in AprilBenin · 225 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 89 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 Sokodé) is explained once on the Sokodé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.