Badou in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Badou sees average daytime highs around 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 402 mm of rain over about 65 wet days across the season. It is the 2nd-warmest season and the 3rd-wettest season.

Over the season highs ease from about 32°C in early March to 29°C by late May. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Spring is Badou's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. Badou has little temperature swing across the year, so its calendar seasons blur — the season framing matters less here than for a place with four distinct seasons. For the whole year in context, see Badou's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 31°C; 2nd-warmest season
Avg overnight low: 24°C
Rainfall: 402 mm; 65 wet days
Avg wind: 7 km/h
Travel score: 3.3; weakest season of the year
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Badou in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Over the season highs ease from about 32°C in early March to 29°C by late May.

A typical spring day in Badou reaches about 31°C and drops to 24°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is March, the coolest May.

How spring really feels in Badou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 92 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in spring is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Badou weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	24	4.3	11.6	5.2
Feb	32° / 24°	50	7.6	11.8	4.2
Mar	31° / 24°	102	17.4	11.9	3.5
Apr	31° / 24°	126	21.4	12.2	3.3
May	30° / 23°	173	25.9	12.3	3.2
Jun	28° / 23°	203	27.2	12.4	3.4
Jul	27° / 22°	217	28.4	12.4	3.6
Aug	27° / 22°	232	27.8	12.2	3.7
Sep	28° / 22°	265	28.8	12	3.3
Oct	29° / 22°	214	28.1	11.8	3.1
Nov	30° / 22°	98	17.1	11.7	4.0
Dec	31° / 22°	33	7.2	11.6	5.3

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Badou gets around 402 mm of rain over 65 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

Wind in Spring

Winds average 7 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min in early March to 12 h 24 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 5.4 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Hazard calendar for Badou

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In spring, Badou overlaps its rainy season and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Badou's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season

Dust

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Is spring a good time to visit Badou?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

3.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

spring is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Badou.

What to pack for Badou in Spring

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

In spring, Badou sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 65 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Badou in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Badou peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (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)	9	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	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	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	Very high

Air quality in Badou in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Badou is worst in January — around 116 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (July, 20 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)	116	106	48	42	26	22	20	20	23	32	41	85
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	116	Unhealthy
Feb	106	Unhealthy
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	42	Poor
May	26	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	85	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Badou?

Badou sits at 7.6°N, 0.6°E, 278 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Hohoe, 50 km away.

Topography around Badou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Badou has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 601 m around an average of 327 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 814 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 904 m.

The land around Badou is covered by trees (94%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

601 m

trees 94%

16 km

814 m

trees 94%

80 km

904 m

trees 44%

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Spring weather nearby: Hohoe 50 km · Atakpamé 59 km · Anié 69 km · Dambai 71 km · Kpandu 74 km · Kpalimé 76 km · Notsé 94 km · Ho 110 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 Badou (7.5833°, 0.6°, elevation 278 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.