Climate averages 1991–2020
Obuase weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Obuase: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumasi (54 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Obuase, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Obuase ranks joint 16th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Obuase is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 157 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kumasi in MayGhana · 54 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Twifu Praso in MayGhana · 67 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Cape Coast in MayGhana · 131 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Ejura in MayGhana · 136 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Sekondi in MayGhana · 141 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Takoradi in MayGhana · 145 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Sunyani in MayGhana · 146 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Winneba in MayGhana · 149 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 152 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.