Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumasi weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kumasi: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obuase (54 km away). In April its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Kumasi, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Kumasi ranks joint 12th of 26 for the warmest April highs and joint 19th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 32.6°C; Kumasi is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kumasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 42 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 99 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 103 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 117 | 20.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 130 | 22.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 106 | 19.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 27.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 92 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 141 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 121 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 60 | 12.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 22 | 4.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Obuase in AprilGhana · 54 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Ejura in AprilGhana · 83 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Sunyani in AprilGhana · 106 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Techiman in AprilGhana · 106 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in AprilGhana · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Berekum in AprilGhana · 136 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Japekrom in AprilGhana · 162 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Koforidua in AprilGhana · 165 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 115 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 Kumasi) is explained once on the Kumasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.