Climate averages 1991–2020
Accra weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Accra: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medina Estates (13 km away). In January its highs average 31.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Accra, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Accra ranks 22nd of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 26 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is 32.5°C; Accra is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Medina Estates in JanuaryGhana · 13 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Gbawe in JanuaryGhana · 13 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Atsiaman in JanuaryGhana · 21 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Amanfrom in JanuaryGhana · 22 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Ashaiman in JanuaryGhana · 24 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Winneba in JanuaryGhana · 52 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Koforidua in JanuaryGhana · 60 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Cape Coast in JanuaryGhana · 127 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 18 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.