Climate averages 1991–2020
Japekrom weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Japekrom: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berekum (26 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Japekrom, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Japekrom ranks joint 9th of 26 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 29.4°C; Japekrom is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Berekum in OctoberGhana · 26 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Bondoukou in OctoberIvory Coast · 52 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Sunyani in OctoberGhana · 57 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Techiman in OctoberGhana · 93 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 155 mm rain
- Abengourou in OctoberIvory Coast · 123 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Daoukro in OctoberIvory Coast · 142 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Ejura in OctoberGhana · 159 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Kumasi in OctoberGhana · 162 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 121 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.