Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Coast weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Cape Coast: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sekondi (55 km away). In July its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Cape Coast, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Cape Coast ranks joint 20th of 26 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 26 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 26 cities is 27.8°C; Cape Coast is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Sekondi in JulyGhana · 55 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Takoradi in JulyGhana · 61 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in JulyGhana · 66 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 151 mm rain
- Winneba in JulyGhana · 74 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Amanfrom in JulyGhana · 105 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Gbawe in JulyGhana · 116 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Atsiaman in JulyGhana · 121 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Accra in JulyGhana · 127 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 63 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.