Climate averages 1991–2020

Hohoe weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.4°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 24.2°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 198 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Hohoe: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kpalimé (33 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Hohoe, with 173 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Hohoe ranks 13th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Hohoe is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 198 mm to 234 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Hohoe climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Hohoe, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	32.9°C22.9°C	22.9°C	27	4.8	11.812 h
February	33.4°C24.1°C	24.1°C	52	8.5	11.912 h
March	32.4°C24.7°C	24.7°C	110	18.9	12.112 h
April	31.5°C24.7°C	24.7°C	136	22.3	12.312 h
May, selected	30.4°C24.2°C	24.2°C	198	27.2	12.412 h
June	28.6°C23.3°C	23.3°C	234	28.1	12.513 h
July	27.5°C22.6°C	22.6°C	230	28.2	12.512 h
August	27.4°C22.4°C	22.4°C	239	27.9	12.412 h
September	28.1°C22.7°C	22.7°C	282	29.0	12.212 h
October	29.4°C22.9°C	22.9°C	238	28.4	12.012 h
November	30.7°C23.3°C	23.3°C	107	17.9	11.812 h
December	31.6°C23.0°C	23.0°C	37	7.2	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

Distance from Hohoe

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 Hohoe) is explained once on the Hohoe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.