Climate averages 1991–2020
Japekrom weather
in February.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Japekrom: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berekum (26 km away). In February its highs average 34.4°C, about as warm as Japekrom, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Japekrom ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest February highs and joint 15th of 26 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is 33.4°C; Japekrom is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Berekum in FebruaryGhana · 26 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Bondoukou in FebruaryIvory Coast · 52 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Sunyani in FebruaryGhana · 57 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Techiman in FebruaryGhana · 93 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Abengourou in FebruaryIvory Coast · 123 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Daoukro in FebruaryIvory Coast · 142 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Ejura in FebruaryGhana · 159 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Kumasi in FebruaryGhana · 162 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 42 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.