Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamale weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Tamale: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolgatanga (154 km away). In November its highs average 35.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Tamale, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Tamale ranks 4th of 26 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 26 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 26 cities is 30.8°C; Tamale is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.2 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bolgatanga in NovemberGhana · 154 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Bawku in NovemberGhana · 196 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Wa in NovemberGhana · 196 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Sokodé in NovemberTogo · 221 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Kara in NovemberTogo · 223 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Ejura in NovemberGhana · 231 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Techiman in NovemberGhana · 235 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Jirapa in NovemberGhana · 240 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.5 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.