Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Coast weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cape Coast: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sekondi (55 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Cape Coast, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Cape Coast ranks 24th of 26 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 32.6°C; Cape Coast is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 165 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cape Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 18 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 25 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 40 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 71 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 165 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 204 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 65 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 28 | 7.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 52 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 67 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 49 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 28 | 9.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Sekondi in AprilGhana · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Takoradi in AprilGhana · 61 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in AprilGhana · 66 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Winneba in AprilGhana · 74 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Amanfrom in AprilGhana · 105 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Gbawe in AprilGhana · 116 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Atsiaman in AprilGhana · 121 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Accra in AprilGhana · 127 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 45 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 Cape Coast) is explained once on the Cape Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.