Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumasi weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kumasi: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obuase (54 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Kumasi, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Kumasi ranks 12th of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 13th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Kumasi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 130 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Obuase in MayGhana · 54 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Ejura in MayGhana · 83 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Sunyani in MayGhana · 106 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Techiman in MayGhana · 106 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in MayGhana · 120 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Berekum in MayGhana · 136 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Japekrom in MayGhana · 162 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Koforidua in MayGhana · 165 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 167 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.