Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumasi weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Kumasi: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obuase (54 km away). In July its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Kumasi, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Kumasi ranks joint 11th of 26 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 26 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 26 cities is 27.8°C; Kumasi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Obuase in JulyGhana · 54 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Ejura in JulyGhana · 83 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Sunyani in JulyGhana · 106 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Techiman in JulyGhana · 106 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in JulyGhana · 120 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 151 mm rain
- Berekum in JulyGhana · 136 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Japekrom in JulyGhana · 162 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Koforidua in JulyGhana · 165 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 132 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.