Lomé
Capital of Togo: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Monuments de l'indépendance et Palais des congrès de Lomé: Hermannkass, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lomé is the capital of Togo, in Maritime. About 2.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Togo in our atlas.
It lies at 6.13° N, 1.22° E, about 13 m (43 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lome time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Lomé. Green dots: other major cities of Togo. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lomé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 23°C (73°F). Around 1,100 mm (43 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in TogoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Tsévié · 33 km
- Aného · 42 km
- Kpalimé · 107 km
- Atakpamé · 156 km
- Sokodé · 317 km
- Bassar · 350 km
- Kara · 380 km
- Dapaong · 537 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2365267 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3792 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Monuments de l'indépendance et Palais des congrès de Lomé: Hermannkass, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plage de Lomé au Togo (Afrique de l'Ouest): Harmonide, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lomé-Monument de l'Indépendance: twohundred 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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