Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumasi weather
in January.
A hot, fairly 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 Kumasi: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obuase (54 km away). In January its highs average 32.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kumasi, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Kumasi ranks joint 12th of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 26 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is 32.5°C; Kumasi is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 42 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
Kumasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Obuase in JanuaryGhana · 54 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Ejura in JanuaryGhana · 83 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Sunyani in JanuaryGhana · 106 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Techiman in JanuaryGhana · 106 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in JanuaryGhana · 120 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Berekum in JanuaryGhana · 136 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Japekrom in JanuaryGhana · 162 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Koforidua in JanuaryGhana · 165 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 40 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.