Climate averages 1991–2020

Obuase 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.

Average high 31.5°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 23.8°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 103 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Obuase · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Obuase: daytime highs average 31.5°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 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumasi (54 km away). In April its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Obuase, with 103 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Obuase ranks joint 16th 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; Obuase is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 142 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Obuase climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Obuase, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.2°C22.8°C22.8°C225.211.812 h
February 33.0°C23.8°C23.8°C449.111.912 h
March 32.3°C23.9°C23.9°C10017.712.112 h
April, selected 31.5°C23.8°C23.8°C10319.412.312 h
May 30.2°C23.3°C23.3°C14223.112.412 h
June 28.3°C22.4°C22.4°C15724.312.512 h
July 27.6°C21.9°C21.9°C12121.312.412 h
August 27.7°C21.8°C21.8°C9319.512.312 h
September 28.3°C22.2°C22.2°C13624.512.212 h
October 28.8°C22.4°C22.4°C15124.712.012 h
November 29.4°C22.3°C22.3°C6815.011.812 h
December 30.5°C22.5°C22.5°C256.511.812 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

Distance from Obuase

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Obuase) is explained once on the Obuase year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.