Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamale weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tamale: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolgatanga (154 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Tamale, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Tamale ranks joint 4th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 25th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Tamale is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 179 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
Tamale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 21 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 51 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 68 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 78 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 152 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 225 | 25.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 179 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 69 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 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
- Bolgatanga in AugustGhana · 154 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Bawku in AugustGhana · 196 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 195 mm rain
- Wa in AugustGhana · 196 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 224 mm rain
- Sokodé in AugustTogo · 221 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 307 mm rain
- Kara in AugustTogo · 223 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 305 mm rain
- Ejura in AugustGhana · 231 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Techiman in AugustGhana · 235 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Jirapa in AugustGhana · 240 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 220 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 Tamale) is explained once on the Tamale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.