Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunyani weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sunyani: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berekum (31 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Sunyani, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Sunyani ranks joint 15th of 26 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 29.4°C; Sunyani is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Sunyani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 86 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 100 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 98 | 18.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 102 | 19.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 83 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 91 | 16.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 116 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 57 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 18 | 3.4 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Berekum in OctoberGhana · 31 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Techiman in OctoberGhana · 51 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 155 mm rain
- Japekrom in OctoberGhana · 57 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Bondoukou in OctoberIvory Coast · 94 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Kumasi in OctoberGhana · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Ejura in OctoberGhana · 107 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Abengourou in OctoberIvory Coast · 146 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Obuase in OctoberGhana · 146 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 151 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 Sunyani) is explained once on the Sunyani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.