Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokodé weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Sokodé: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (63 km away). In February its highs average 36.6°C, about as warm as Sokodé, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Sokodé ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 34.6°C; Sokodé is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kara in FebruaryTogo · 63 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Djougou in FebruaryBenin · 100 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Atakpamé in FebruaryTogo · 161 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Parakou in FebruaryBenin · 169 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Hohoe in FebruaryGhana · 216 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Abomey in FebruaryBenin · 221 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Tamale in FebruaryGhana · 221 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Bohicon in FebruaryBenin · 225 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 24 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.