Ghana
Weather locations in Ghana
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Climate of Ghana
Country climate guideGhana on the Gulf of Guinea is a narrow strip of West African coast running from the Ivory Coast border in the west to Togo in the east, between about 4.5°N and 11°N. It has no mountains of note and stands low, so nothing forces rain onto the coastal air; instead the whole country sits under the southern edge of the Sahara, and all the rain that falls arrives as part of the West African monsoon. The result is a tropical climate of two marked seasons, warm all year and wet in the summer.
Main climate types
The official grouping is tropical savanna climate, taking the wetter equatorial variant along the coast and in the south-east and the drier variant over the north and north-east. Most of the rain arrives between May and October, while the dry season from November to March is dominated by the harmattan, the hot, dusty north-easterly blowing off the Sahara.
Temperatures
Temperatures are high all year and change little from month to month. Accra averages about 27 °C in January, its warmest month, and about 25 °C in August, its coolest, but humidity near the sea makes midday feel hotter. Further north the day-to-night contrast is much greater, and Tamale averages about 29 °C in March and April. Harmattan weeks in December and January can hold afternoon temperatures below 25 °C in the north, and haze can reach the coast.
Rainfall
The south, including Accra, receives between about 800 mm and 1,000 mm a year, concentrated in a peak around May and June and a second one in September and October. The north has a single wet season, generally from July to September, and takes about 900 mm to 1,100 mm. The driest stretch is December to February in the north. Because totals are modest and vary a good deal from year to year, drought in the north is a recurring hazard.
When to go
The north is best visited from November to March, after the harmattan has cleared and days are warmer than in the south. The south is more pleasant during the rains from July to September, when the land is green, though traffic is harder. Coastal Accra is warm and humid most of the year.