Climate averages 1991–2020
Japekrom weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Japekrom: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berekum (26 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Japekrom, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Japekrom ranks joint 7th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Japekrom is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 142 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
Japekrom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 37 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 88 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 106 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 105 | 18.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 105 | 18.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 89 | 17.6 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 108 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 110 | 20.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 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
- Berekum in AugustGhana · 26 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Bondoukou in AugustIvory Coast · 52 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Sunyani in AugustGhana · 57 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Techiman in AugustGhana · 93 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Abengourou in AugustIvory Coast · 123 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Daoukro in AugustIvory Coast · 142 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Ejura in AugustGhana · 159 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Kumasi in AugustGhana · 162 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 92 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 Japekrom) is explained once on the Japekrom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.