Sokodé weather in December

In December, Sokodé sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Sokodé's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sokodé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:07 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover
30%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Sokodé is city of Togo.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical December day in Sokodé reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Sokodé

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Sokodé weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°30.511.54.2
Feb35° / 22°132.311.73.1
Mar35° / 24°458.311.92.5
Apr33° / 24°11317.512.22.6
May32° / 23°16422.912.42.9
Jun30° / 22°18623.712.53.3
Jul29° / 22°25428.112.53.2
Aug28° / 22°30728.712.33.2
Sep30° / 22°2682712.13.0
Oct32° / 22°13619.111.83.2
Nov34° / 21°142.511.63.7
Dec34° / 20°30.511.54.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27525
37525
47525
57525
67624
77624
87624
97723
107822
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sokodé gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.5 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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23
33
43
52
62
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1251425324
2271425313
3291424293
4311424282
5331523262
6351523252
7381522242
8401522222
9421421211
10441421201
11461420181
12481420171
13511319161
14531319141
15551318131
16571317121
17601216111
18621215101
1964121491
2067111381
2169111271
2271111161
2371111161
2474101051
257510951
267710841
27799840
28809740
29819730
30828730
31828730

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
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66calm
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126calm
136calm
146calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:005:31
211.56:005:31
311.56:015:31
411.56:015:31
511.56:025:32
611.56:025:32
711.56:035:32
811.56:035:33
911.56:045:33
1011.56:045:34
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1211.56:055:34
1311.56:065:35
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1511.56:075:36
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1911.56:095:37
2011.56:095:38
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2311.56:115:39
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3011.56:145:43
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Sokodé

In seasonPeak

None of Sokodé's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Sokodé's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Sokodé sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

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

Is December a good time to visit Sokodé?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Sokodé for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sokodé in December

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

In December, Sokodé sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sokodé in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sokodé peaks around April 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 15UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Sokodé in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sokodé is worst in February — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1083 µg/m³Aug 1116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan77Unhealthy
Feb84Unhealthy
Mar48Poor
Apr40Poor
May23Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec67Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sokodé?

Sokodé sits at 9.0°N, 1.1°E, 402 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Tchamba, 32 km away.

TchambaBafiloBassarSotoubouaBassilaKaraOuakéNiamtougou

Topography around Sokodé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sokodé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 401 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 542 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 736 m.

The land around Sokodé is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and shrubs (39%) within 16 km, and shrubs (40%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
104 m
16 km
542 m
80 km
736 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Tchamba 32 km · Bafilo 43 km · Bassar 49 km · Sotouboua 49 km · Bassila 59 km · Kara 63 km · Ouaké 80 km · Niamtougou 87 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 Sokodé (8.9833°, 1.1333°, elevation 402 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).