Climate Tankaro Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sokodé Airport (DXSK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	49.5	44	55	56	76	16
February	47.3	46	59	55	42	38
March	90.0	94	99	89	69	99
April	95.7		97	96	93	97
May	95.2		95	95	97	94
June	90.2		90	91	95	86
July	68.4		85	67	67	61
August	65.7		77	67	67	63
September	74.1		82	73	80	67
October	82.8		92	78	91	80
November	92.1		90	93	93	92
December	73.9		64	88	44	90
Average	75.3	64.4	83.6	79.8	77.5	74.9

2nd best VFR conditions of Togo

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.4	92	82	92	79	63
February	79.6	83	81	82	78	75
March	96.5	100	100	98	85	100
April	98.9		100	100	97	99
May	99.8		100	100	99	100
June	99.1		99	99	100	99
July	96.7		95	97	99	97
August	96.4		97	97	98	97
September	95.6		95	96	98	95
October	97.3		98	97	98	98
November	98.9		100	100	98	100
December	96.7		99	100	91	100
Average	94.7	92.0	96.1	96.7	94.0	94.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.9	36	35	34	36	34
February	36.1	37	36	36	36	36
March	35.9	38	35	36	35	36
April	34.0		35	33	35	34
May	32.8		33	32	33	33
June	30.7		30	31	31	31
July	29.0		30	29	29	28
August	28.5		29	28	29	29
September	29.1		30	28	30	29
October	31.3		32	31	32	32
November	33.9		34	35	34	34
December	34.5		35	34	35	35
Average	32.9	36.6	32.6	32.2	32.9	32.5

1st highest temperature of Togo

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	20.7	20	21	21	21	21
February	22.9	24	23	23	22	23
March	24.2	25	23	24	25	25
April	22.7		21	23	23	24
May	22.3		23	21	23	23
June	20.6		20	21	20	23
July	21.1		22	19	21	23
August	19.1		21	15	17	21
September	20.6		22	18	23	19
October	21.4		22	20	23	21
November	20.6		22	19	20	20
December	19.6		20	19	21	20
Average	21.5	22.9	21.5	20.2	21.4	21.8

1st lowest temperature of Togo

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.6		1	1	0	1
June	1.2		3	1	0	1
July	2.6		2	4	1	3
August	2.6		3	2	4	3
September	3.9		2	3	2	10
October	1.3		0	2	0	2
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	1.0		0.9	1.1	0.6	1.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.0	6	4	3	4	4
February	3.3	5	4	2	3	4
March	2.8	4	3	2	2	2
April	2.4		3	2	2	3
May	2.2		3	2	2	3
June	2.2		3	2	2	3
July	2.3		3	2	2	3
August	2.5		3	3	2	3
September	2.1		3	2	2	2
October	2.6		4	3	2	3
November	3.2		4	4	2	3
December	3.9		6	4	3	3
Average	3.0	4.8	3.2	2.3	2.2	2.8

1st highest wind speed of Togo

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	062°	052°	062°	052°	053°
February	081°	052°	077°	063°	051°
March	233°	227°	250°	050°	178°
April		235°	170°	162°	181°
May		184°	189°	208°	154°
June		224°	211°	211°	194°
July		234°	249°	236°	204°
August		211°	229°	234°	207°
September		200°	206°	171°	166°
October		146°	113°	176°	107°
November		088°	077°	127°	053°
December		045°	070°	043°	056°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.