Kara
City in Togo: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lassahout1: Grete Howard, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kara is a city in Togo. About 104,207 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Togo in our atlas.
It lies at 9.55° N, 1.19° E, about 291 m (955 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lome time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kara. Green dots: other major cities of Togo. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 1,155 mm (45 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
- Bassar · 55 km
- Sokodé · 63 km
- Dapaong · 181 km
- Atakpamé · 224 km
- Kpalimé · 300 km
- Tsévié · 347 km
- Aného · 372 km
- Lomé · 380 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2366152 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q303284 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lassahout1: Grete Howard, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)