Climate averages 1991–2020
Accra weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Accra: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medina Estates (13 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Accra, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Accra ranks 22nd of 26 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 32.6°C; Accra is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Accra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 24 | 6.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 45 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 119 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 174 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 63 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 27 | 6.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 39 | 8.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 52 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 41 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 22 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Medina Estates in AprilGhana · 13 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Gbawe in AprilGhana · 13 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Atsiaman in AprilGhana · 21 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Amanfrom in AprilGhana · 22 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Ashaiman in AprilGhana · 24 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Winneba in AprilGhana · 52 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Koforidua in AprilGhana · 60 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Cape Coast in AprilGhana · 127 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 71 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Accra) is explained once on the Accra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Gbawe lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.