Climate averages 1991–2020
Accra weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Accra: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medina Estates (13 km away). In December its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Accra, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Accra ranks 21st of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is 31.7°C; Accra is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Medina Estates in DecemberGhana · 13 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Gbawe in DecemberGhana · 13 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Atsiaman in DecemberGhana · 21 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Amanfrom in DecemberGhana · 22 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Ashaiman in DecemberGhana · 24 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Winneba in DecemberGhana · 52 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Koforidua in DecemberGhana · 60 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Cape Coast in DecemberGhana · 127 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°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.