Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokodé weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sokodé: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (63 km away). In May its highs average 32.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sokodé, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Sokodé ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 31.3°C; Sokodé is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 186 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kara in MayTogo · 63 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Djougou in MayBenin · 100 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Atakpamé in MayTogo · 161 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Parakou in MayBenin · 169 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Hohoe in MayGhana · 216 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Abomey in MayBenin · 221 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Tamale in MayGhana · 221 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Bohicon in MayBenin · 225 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 132 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.