Climate averages 1991–2020
Japekrom weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Japekrom: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berekum (26 km away). In January its highs average 33.7°C, about as warm as Japekrom, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Japekrom ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 26 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is 32.5°C; Japekrom is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Berekum in JanuaryGhana · 26 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Bondoukou in JanuaryIvory Coast · 52 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Sunyani in JanuaryGhana · 57 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Techiman in JanuaryGhana · 93 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Abengourou in JanuaryIvory Coast · 123 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Daoukro in JanuaryIvory Coast · 142 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Ejura in JanuaryGhana · 159 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Kumasi in JanuaryGhana · 162 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 20 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.