Lomé climate

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Lomé is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. June is the wettest month (175 mm) and January the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lomé averages 1,011 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

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Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 31 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month January 24 mm
Wettest month June 175 mm
Least cloud December 40 % cloud
Hottest on record January 35 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C
Warmest sea May 29 °C

What to expectLomé through the year

Lomé has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 31 °C in February, a swing of 3.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 147 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 175 mm against 24 mm in January — 7.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Lomé is warmest in May at 29 °C and coldest in August at 24 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.9 °C	24 mm	46 %
February	31.2 °C	36 mm	55 %
March	31.2 °C	54 mm	66 %
April	30.9 °C	76 mm	71 %
May	29.7 °C	155 mm	77 %
June	28.0 °C	175 mm	79 %
July	27.0 °C	97 mm	79 %
August	26.7 °C	64 mm	78 %
September	27.6 °C	115 mm	76 %
October	28.6 °C	119 mm	67 %
November	29.6 °C	65 mm	50 %
December	30.4 °C	30 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.9 °C	24.8 °C	27.3 °C	34.6 °C	19.0 °C	31	25
February	31.2 °C	25.8 °C	27.9 °C	34.5 °C	21.1 °C	28	26
March	31.2 °C	26.3 °C	28.3 °C	33.8 °C	21.0 °C	31	29
April	30.9 °C	26.1 °C	28.1 °C	33.1 °C	23.7 °C	30	25
May	29.7 °C	25.5 °C	27.3 °C	32.1 °C	23.1 °C	31	12
June	28.0 °C	24.3 °C	25.9 °C	31.0 °C	22.6 °C	30	1
July	27.0 °C	23.5 °C	24.9 °C	29.4 °C	21.9 °C	30	0
August	26.7 °C	23.1 °C	24.5 °C	29.6 °C	21.0 °C	30	0
September	27.6 °C	23.6 °C	25.2 °C	30.1 °C	22.2 °C	30	0
October	28.6 °C	24.3 °C	26.1 °C	31.6 °C	22.5 °C	31	1
November	29.6 °C	25.1 °C	27.1 °C	31.6 °C	22.5 °C	30	8
December	30.4 °C	25.2 °C	27.4 °C	32.9 °C	20.4 °C	31	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	24 mm	6	12 h/day	46 %	78 %	16 km/h	27.2 °C
February	36 mm	8	12 h/day	55 %	80 %	17 km/h	27.8 °C
March	54 mm	13	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	18 km/h	28.2 °C
April	76 mm	16	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	17 km/h	28.4 °C
May	155 mm	24	12 h/day	77 %	83 %	16 km/h	28.7 °C
June	175 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	16 km/h	27.3 °C
July	97 mm	17	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	18 km/h	24.8 °C
August	64 mm	12	12 h/day	78 %	86 %	18 km/h	23.8 °C
September	115 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	86 %	16 km/h	25.2 °C
October	119 mm	22	12 h/day	67 %	85 %	15 km/h	27.0 °C
November	65 mm	17	12 h/day	50 %	83 %	13 km/h	28.3 °C
December	30 mm	8	12 h/day	40 %	81 %	14 km/h	27.9 °C

How Lomé compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Lomé	31 °C	23 °C	1,011 mm	363
Abomey-Calavi · Benin	30 °C	23 °C	1,210 mm	362
Cotonou · Benin	30 °C	24 °C	1,263 mm	363
Ashaiman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	637 mm	364
Porto-Novo · Benin	31 °C	23 °C	1,274 mm	362
Koforidua · Ghana	33 °C	22 °C	1,341 mm	362
Accra · Ghana	31 °C	23 °C	852 mm	363

Where Lomé ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	16th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	19th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June	23rd of 50	27 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in December	28th of 50	83/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	28th of 50	86/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	32nd of 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Lomé.

QuestionsCommon questions about Lomé’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lomé?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lomé get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 147 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lomé?

June, averaging 175 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,011 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Lomé rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 6.129°, 1.222° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.