Climate averages 1991–2020

Gbawe weather
in December.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.5°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 24.6°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 22 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gbawe · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Gbawe: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Amanfrom (11 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Gbawe, with 25 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Gbawe ranks joint 18th of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is 31.7°C; Gbawe is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gbawe climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gbawe, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.0°C24.3°C24.3°C113.311.812 h
February 31.3°C25.2°C25.2°C133.911.912 h
March 31.4°C25.6°C25.6°C246.512.112 h
April 31.0°C25.5°C25.5°C4510.712.212 h
May 29.6°C25.0°C25.0°C11920.412.412 h
June 27.6°C24.0°C24.0°C17420.612.412 h
July 26.7°C23.2°C23.2°C6310.412.412 h
August 26.5°C22.7°C22.7°C276.312.312 h
September 27.3°C23.2°C23.2°C398.712.212 h
October 28.4°C23.8°C23.8°C5212.312.012 h
November 29.6°C24.4°C24.4°C4113.111.912 h
December, selected 30.5°C24.6°C24.6°C226.911.812 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

December in nearby cities

Distance from Gbawe

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gbawe) is explained once on the Gbawe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Accra lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.