Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashaiman weather
in January.
A hot, fairly 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 Ashaiman: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly 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 (15 km away). In January its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Ashaiman, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Ashaiman ranks joint 18th of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 26 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is 32.5°C; Ashaiman is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 20 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
Ashaiman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 20 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 34 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 46 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 92 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 137 | 18.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 60 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 35 | 8.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 57 | 12.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 62 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 34 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 20 | 5.6 | 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 · 15 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Accra in JanuaryGhana · 24 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Atsiaman in JanuaryGhana · 32 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Gbawe in JanuaryGhana · 33 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Amanfrom in JanuaryGhana · 44 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Koforidua in JanuaryGhana · 50 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Winneba in JanuaryGhana · 76 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Ho in JanuaryGhana · 115 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 27 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 Ashaiman) is explained once on the Ashaiman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.