Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokodé weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sokodé: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kara (63 km away). In October its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Sokodé, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Togo, Sokodé ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 29.9°C; Sokodé is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kara in OctoberTogo · 63 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Djougou in OctoberBenin · 100 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Atakpamé in OctoberTogo · 161 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Parakou in OctoberBenin · 169 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Hohoe in OctoberGhana · 216 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Abomey in OctoberBenin · 221 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Tamale in OctoberGhana · 221 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Bohicon in OctoberBenin · 225 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 105 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.