Climate averages 1991–2020
Bawku weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bawku: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolgatanga (73 km away). In October its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Bawku, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Bawku ranks 1st of 26 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 29.4°C; Bawku is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 1.7 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bolgatanga in OctoberGhana · 73 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in OctoberBurkina Faso · 129 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Pouytenga in OctoberBurkina Faso · 134 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Saaba in OctoberBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Tamale in OctoberGhana · 196 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Kara in OctoberTogo · 229 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Kaya in OctoberBurkina Faso · 243 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.7°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 Bawku) is explained once on the Bawku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.