Bassar
City in Togo: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bassar2: Grete Howard, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bassar is a city in Togo, in Kara. About 61,845 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Togo in our atlas.
It lies at 9.25° N, 0.78° E, about 388 m (1,273 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lome time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bassar. Green dots: other major cities of Togo. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bassar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (63°F). Around 1,174 mm (46 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in TogoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Sokodé · 49 km
- Kara · 55 km
- Dapaong · 190 km
- Atakpamé · 194 km
- Kpalimé · 261 km
- Tsévié · 317 km
- Aného · 347 km
- Lomé · 350 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2367568 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q810474 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bassar2: Grete Howard, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)