Climate averages 1991–2020
Amanfrom weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Amanfrom: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gbawe (11 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Amanfrom, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Amanfrom ranks joint 23rd of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 13th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Amanfrom is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 177 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Amanfrom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 20 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 26 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 42 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 57 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 117 | 21.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 177 | 22.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 81 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 49 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 83 | 18.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 86 | 19.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 25 | 7.8 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gbawe in MayGhana · 11 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Atsiaman in MayGhana · 20 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Accra in MayGhana · 22 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Medina Estates in MayGhana · 30 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Winneba in MayGhana · 32 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Ashaiman in MayGhana · 44 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Koforidua in MayGhana · 64 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Cape Coast in MayGhana · 105 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 165 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 Amanfrom) is explained once on the Amanfrom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.