Climate averages 1991–2020
Accra weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Accra: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medina Estates (13 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Accra, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Accra ranks 24th of 26 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Accra is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Medina Estates in AugustGhana · 13 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Gbawe in AugustGhana · 13 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Atsiaman in AugustGhana · 21 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Amanfrom in AugustGhana · 22 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Ashaiman in AugustGhana · 24 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Winneba in AugustGhana · 52 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Koforidua in AugustGhana · 60 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Cape Coast in AugustGhana · 127 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 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.