Climate averages 1991–2020
Ho weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ho: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kpalimé (38 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Ho, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Ho ranks 11th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Ho is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 194 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kpalimé in MayTogo · 38 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 173 mm rain
- Hohoe in MayGhana · 61 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Lomé in MayTogo · 98 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Koforidua in MayGhana · 98 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Ashaiman in MayGhana · 115 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Medina Estates in MayGhana · 125 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Atakpamé in MayTogo · 127 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Atsiaman in MayGhana · 134 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 108 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.