Climate averages 1991–2020
Bawku weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bawku: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolgatanga (73 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Bawku, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Bawku ranks joint 2nd of 26 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Bawku is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 195 mm to 137 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
Bawku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.5°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 25 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 49 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 56 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 123 | 18.0 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 195 | 23.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 137 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 40 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 34.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Bolgatanga in AugustGhana · 73 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in AugustBurkina Faso · 129 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 196 mm rain
- Pouytenga in AugustBurkina Faso · 134 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Saaba in AugustBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Tamale in AugustGhana · 196 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 225 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AugustBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Kara in AugustTogo · 229 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 305 mm rain
- Kaya in AugustBurkina Faso · 243 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 158 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 Bawku) is explained once on the Bawku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.