Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokodé weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sokodé: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 307 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (63 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Sokodé, with 305 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Sokodé ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 27.6°C; Sokodé is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 307 mm to 268 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kara in AugustTogo · 63 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 305 mm rain
- Djougou in AugustBenin · 100 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 309 mm rain
- Atakpamé in AugustTogo · 161 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Parakou in AugustBenin · 169 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Hohoe in AugustGhana · 216 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Abomey in AugustBenin · 221 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 152 mm rain
- Tamale in AugustGhana · 221 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 225 mm rain
- Bohicon in AugustBenin · 225 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 152 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.