Climate averages 1991–2020
Ho weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ho: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kpalimé (38 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Ho, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Ho ranks joint 7th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Ho is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 214 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 27 | 6.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 44 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 78 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 99 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 163 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 194 | 26.4 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 159 | 23.6 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 136 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 214 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 180 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 85 | 19.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 33 | 8.3 | 11.712 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
August in nearby cities
- Kpalimé in AugustTogo · 38 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Hohoe in AugustGhana · 61 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Lomé in AugustTogo · 98 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Koforidua in AugustGhana · 98 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Ashaiman in AugustGhana · 115 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Medina Estates in AugustGhana · 125 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Atakpamé in AugustTogo · 127 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Atsiaman in AugustGhana · 134 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 58 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 Ho) is explained once on the Ho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.