Lomé weather in April

In April, Lomé sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 76 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in April, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lomé's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lomé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:51 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
70%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Lomé is capital city of Togo.

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical April day in Lomé reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 1°C warmer than May.

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How April really feels in Lomé

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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
30
6 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Lomé weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 25°226.811.75.2
Feb31° / 26°338.911.84.4
Mar31° / 26°5413.6123.9
Apr31° / 26°7616.612.13.6
May30° / 25°14724.112.33.2
Jun29° / 24°17525.212.33.5
Jul27° / 24°9917.912.35.0
Aug27° / 23°6613.212.25.6
Sep28° / 24°11721.1124.4
Oct29° / 24°1292311.93.8
Nov30° / 25°6317.411.74.1
Dec31° / 25°308.811.75.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34258
44357
54357
64258
74258
84258
94357
104357
114258
124159
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lomé gets around 76 mm of rain over 16.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 55% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
145
245
346
447
547
648
749
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1051
1151
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1956
2057
2158
2259
2360
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2864
2965
3066

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the miserable band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11189
21189
31189
41189
51189
61189
71189
81288
91288
101288
111387
121387
131387
141387
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Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:586:01
212.15:586:01
312.15:576:01
412.15:576:01
512.15:566:01
612.15:566:01
712.15:556:00
812.15:556:00
912.15:546:00
1012.15:546:00
1112.15:536:00
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1412.15:526:00
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in March across the year — April's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Lomé

In seasonPeak

In April, Lomé sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Lomé?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lomé.

What to pack for Lomé in April

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

In April, Lomé sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Lomé in April

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in May at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Refreshing
Sep25Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Lomé in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lomé peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highApr 11UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Lomé in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Lomé is worst in January — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (September, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateJan 1680 µg/m³Sep 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar33Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec65Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Lomé?

Lomé sits at 6.1°N, 1.2°E, 13 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Aflao, 4.0 km away.

TséviéKetaVoganAnéhoAkatsiAnloga

Topography around Lomé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lomé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m.

The land around Lomé is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and water (33%) within 3 km, water (46%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 16 km, and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
54 m
80 km
179 m
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April weather nearby: Aflao 4.0 km · Dzodze 28 km · Tsévié 33 km · Keta 35 km · Vogan 41 km · Aného 42 km · Akatsi 47 km · Anloga 52 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
Christian 42%folk religion 37%Muslim 14%none 6%

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 Lomé (6.1287°, 1.2215°, elevation 13 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).