Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokodé weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Sokodé: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (63 km away). In January its highs average 34.9°C, about as warm as Sokodé, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Sokodé ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 33.6°C; Sokodé is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kara in JanuaryTogo · 63 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Djougou in JanuaryBenin · 100 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Atakpamé in JanuaryTogo · 161 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Parakou in JanuaryBenin · 169 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Hohoe in JanuaryGhana · 216 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Abomey in JanuaryBenin · 221 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Tamale in JanuaryGhana · 221 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Bohicon in JanuaryBenin · 225 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 9.8 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.