Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Coast weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Cape Coast: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sekondi (55 km away). In September its highs average 26.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Cape Coast, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Cape Coast ranks joint 20th of 26 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 26 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 26 cities is 28.2°C; Cape Coast is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Sekondi in SeptemberGhana · 55 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Takoradi in SeptemberGhana · 61 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in SeptemberGhana · 66 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 185 mm rain
- Winneba in SeptemberGhana · 74 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Amanfrom in SeptemberGhana · 105 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Gbawe in SeptemberGhana · 116 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Atsiaman in SeptemberGhana · 121 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Accra in SeptemberGhana · 127 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 39 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.