Climate averages 1991–2020
Japekrom weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Japekrom: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berekum (26 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Japekrom, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Japekrom ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 9th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Japekrom is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 105 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Berekum in MayGhana · 26 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Bondoukou in MayIvory Coast · 52 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Sunyani in MayGhana · 57 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Techiman in MayGhana · 93 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Abengourou in MayIvory Coast · 123 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Daoukro in MayIvory Coast · 142 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Ejura in MayGhana · 159 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Kumasi in MayGhana · 162 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 117 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.