Sokodé
City in Togo: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sokodé-centre-ville: PhReym, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sokodé is a city in Togo, in Centrale. About 117,811 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Togo in our atlas.
It lies at 8.98° N, 1.13° E, about 402 m (1,319 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lome time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sokodé. Green dots: other major cities of Togo. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sokodé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (63°F). Around 1,263 mm (50 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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 · 49 km
- Kara · 63 km
- Atakpamé · 161 km
- Dapaong · 232 km
- Kpalimé · 238 km
- Tsévié · 284 km
- Aného · 310 km
- Lomé · 317 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2364104 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q845097 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sokodé-centre-ville: PhReym, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)