Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokodé weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Sokodé: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (63 km away). In March its highs average 37.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Sokodé, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Sokodé ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 34.3°C; Sokodé is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kara in MarchTogo · 63 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Djougou in MarchBenin · 100 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Atakpamé in MarchTogo · 161 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Parakou in MarchBenin · 169 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Hohoe in MarchGhana · 216 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Abomey in MarchBenin · 221 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Tamale in MarchGhana · 221 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Bohicon in MarchBenin · 225 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 55 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.