Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Coast weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cape Coast: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sekondi (55 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Cape Coast, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Cape Coast ranks joint 23rd of 26 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Cape Coast is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 204 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sekondi in MayGhana · 55 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Takoradi in MayGhana · 61 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in MayGhana · 66 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Winneba in MayGhana · 74 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Amanfrom in MayGhana · 105 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Gbawe in MayGhana · 116 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Atsiaman in MayGhana · 121 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Accra in MayGhana · 127 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 119 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.