Climate averages 1991–2020
Obuase weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Obuase: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumasi (54 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Obuase, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Obuase ranks joint 11th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Obuase is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Obuase climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 44 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 100 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 103 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 142 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 157 | 24.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 121 | 21.3 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 27.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 93 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 24.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 68 | 15.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 25 | 6.5 | 11.812 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
August in nearby cities
- Kumasi in AugustGhana · 54 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in AugustGhana · 67 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Cape Coast in AugustGhana · 131 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Ejura in AugustGhana · 136 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Sekondi in AugustGhana · 141 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Takoradi in AugustGhana · 145 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Sunyani in AugustGhana · 146 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Winneba in AugustGhana · 149 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 22 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 Obuase) is explained once on the Obuase year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.