Climate averages 1991–2020
Jirapa weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Jirapa: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wa (57 km away). In May its highs average 34.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Jirapa, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Jirapa ranks 3rd of 26 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Jirapa is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 82 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
Jirapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 16 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 49 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 35.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 75 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 82 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 20.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 220 | 24.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 65 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.512 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
- Wa in MayGhana · 57 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Houndé in MayBurkina Faso · 139 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in MayBurkina Faso · 188 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Koudougou in MayBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in MayGhana · 204 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Banfora in MayBurkina Faso · 225 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in MayBurkina Faso · 240 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 27.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Tamale in MayGhana · 240 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 68 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 Jirapa) is explained once on the Jirapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.