Weather in Lomé

Lomé is in Togo at 6.1°N. The 2001–2020 NASA POWER daily record describes a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. February is the warmest month (average 28.6°C, high 30.8°C) and August is the coolest (average 24.9°C, low 23.2°C).

Rain is the monsoon runs from April to July, inside an annual total of 1098 mm. The wettest month is June at 181 mm; the driest is January at 15 mm. On this site the months that score closest to a 22°C day, lighter rain, and moderate humidity are December, January, and February.

When Lomé gets wet

The monsoon in Lomé starts in April and ends in July (April, May, June, and July). June is the core of it at 181 mm. January is the other extreme, with 15 mm.

A rainy day here is a day with at least 1 mm in the NASA POWER series. June averages 27 such days; January averages 4.

How warm Lomé gets

The heat peaks in February, when the typical afternoon is 30.8°C. The opposite pole is August, when mornings average 23.2°C.

Mean high across all twelve months is 28.8°C and mean low is 25.4°C. These are 20-year grid averages, so a city station can read a few degrees warmer or cooler.

The calendar in Lomé

January is the driest month, averaging only 15 mm across 4 rainy days. Highs sit near 30.5°C. Peak heat arrives in February: 30.8°C by day, 26.4°C at night, and 79% humidity. March stands apart from the months beside it: 30.3°C / 26.8°C and 86 mm. In May, Lomé averages 29.0°C by day and 26.4°C at night, with 171 mm of rain. June is the wettest month — 181 mm and 27 rainy days, with 87% humidity.

July closes the monsoon: 111 mm over 19 rainy days, then the calendar dries. The year bottoms out in August. Plan for 23.2°C at night and 26.5°C in the afternoon. In September, Lomé averages 27.3°C by day and 24.1°C at night, with 132 mm of rain. November: 29.2°C high, 25.9°C low, 40 mm rain, 83% humidity.

Best months to visit Lomé

The three months with the highest comfort score are December, January, and February: December (28.0°C average, 16 mm, 78% humidity); January (27.8°C average, 15 mm, 75% humidity); February (28.6°C average, 33 mm, 79% humidity). Those months sit across the year end, so they are listed in season order rather than January-to-December. The score rewards averages near 22°C, lower rainfall, and humidity near 60%. It is a climate score, not a festival or price calendar.

If you want the monsoon itself — fewer crowds, greener landscape, heavier rain — aim at April–July instead of the score.

How Lomé compares inside Togo

Lomé is the only Togo city in this dataset, so the figures on this page are the national sample we publish. They still come from the same NASA POWER daily series (2001–2020) used everywhere else on the site.