Climate averages 1991–2020
Ho weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ho: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kpalimé (38 km away). In September its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Ho, with 235 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Ho ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest September highs and 25th of 26 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 26 cities is 28.2°C; Ho is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 214 mm to 180 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
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 | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 136 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kpalimé in SeptemberTogo · 38 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Hohoe in SeptemberGhana · 61 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 282 mm rain
- Lomé in SeptemberTogo · 98 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Koforidua in SeptemberGhana · 98 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Ashaiman in SeptemberGhana · 115 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Medina Estates in SeptemberGhana · 125 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Atakpamé in SeptemberTogo · 127 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Atsiaman in SeptemberGhana · 134 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 103 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.