Atakpamé weather in August

In August, Atakpamé sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 193 mm of rain across 23.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Atakpamé's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atakpamé's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 193 mm; 23.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:52 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Atakpamé is city of Togo, capital of the Plateaux region.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Atakpamé reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How August really feels in Atakpamé

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Atakpamé weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 22°	5	1	11.6	4.2
Feb	35° / 24°	14	3.1	11.8	3.1
Mar	35° / 24°	45	10	11.9	2.6
Apr	34° / 24°	81	15.2	12.2	2.7
May	32° / 24°	118	19.6	12.3	2.9
Jun	30° / 23°	160	22.8	12.4	3.3
Jul	29° / 23°	189	24.5	12.4	3.6
Aug	28° / 22°	193	23.4	12.2	3.8
Sep	29° / 23°	189	24.6	12	3.4
Oct	31° / 23°	104	17.6	11.8	3.8
Nov	33° / 23°	17	4.6	11.7	4.2
Dec	33° / 22°	5	1.4	11.6	4.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Atakpamé gets around 193 mm of rain over 23.4 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 75% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	80	81	82	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	74
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	75
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	82

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Oppressive (%)	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	98

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
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23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:00 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:52	6:12
2	12.3	5:52	6:11
3	12.3	5:52	6:11
4	12.3	5:52	6:11
5	12.3	5:52	6:11
6	12.3	5:52	6:10
7	12.3	5:52	6:10
8	12.3	5:52	6:10
9	12.3	5:52	6:09
10	12.3	5:52	6:09
11	12.3	5:52	6:09
12	12.3	5:52	6:09
13	12.3	5:52	6:08
14	12.3	5:52	6:08
15	12.3	5:52	6:07
16	12.2	5:52	6:07
17	12.2	5:52	6:07
18	12.2	5:52	6:06
19	12.2	5:52	6:06
20	12.2	5:52	6:05
21	12.2	5:52	6:05
22	12.2	5:52	6:05
23	12.2	5:52	6:04
24	12.2	5:52	6:04
25	12.2	5:52	6:03
26	12.2	5:51	6:03
27	12.2	5:51	6:02
28	12.2	5:51	6:02
29	12.2	5:51	6:01
30	12.2	5:51	6:01
31	12.2	5:51	6:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.05 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.05 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Atakpamé

In seasonPeak

In August, Atakpamé sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Atakpamé's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atakpamé sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Atakpamé?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Atakpamé.

What to pack for Atakpamé in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Atakpamé sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Atakpamé in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Atakpamé peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	10	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Atakpamé in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Atakpamé is worst in January — around 97 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	97	87	46	42	27	24	23	23	25	34	42	83
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	97	Unhealthy
Feb	87	Unhealthy
Mar	46	Poor
Apr	42	Poor
May	27	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	83	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Atakpamé?

Atakpamé sits at 7.5°N, 1.1°E, 361 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Anié, 25 km away.

Topography around Atakpamé

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Atakpamé.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atakpamé has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m around an average of 337 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 702 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 909 m.

The land around Atakpamé is covered by artificial surfaces (29%), trees (28%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (28%), cropland (27%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and shrubs (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

277 m

artificial surfaces 29%

16 km

702 m

shrubs 28%

80 km

909 m

trees 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← July Atakpamé year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Anié 25 km · Badou 59 km · Notsé 65 km · Hohoe 84 km · Kpalimé 89 km · Aplahoué 90 km · Djidja 91 km · Djakotomé 95 km

Togo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,384; 2025
Happiness: 4.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 21%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 28.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 397
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Atakpamé (7.5333°, 1.1333°, elevation 361 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	74
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	75
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	74
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	75
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	74
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	74
18	74
19	75
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	8	92
17	8	92
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98