Climate averages 1991–2020
Bolgatanga 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 Bolgatanga: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bawku (73 km away). In October its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Bolgatanga, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Bolgatanga ranks 2nd of 26 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 29.4°C; Bolgatanga is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 3.6 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
Bolgatanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 10 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.6°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 32 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 53 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 62 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 19.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 211 | 25.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 144 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 32.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 46 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.6 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 35.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Bawku in OctoberGhana · 73 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Tamale in OctoberGhana · 154 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Pouytenga in OctoberBurkina Faso · 169 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Saaba in OctoberBurkina Faso · 187 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in OctoberBurkina Faso · 191 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in OctoberBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Wa in OctoberGhana · 198 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Jirapa in OctoberGhana · 204 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 65 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 Bolgatanga) is explained once on the Bolgatanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.