Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamale weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Tamale: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolgatanga (154 km away). In October its highs average 32.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Tamale, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Tamale ranks joint 5th of 26 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 29.4°C; Tamale is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 7.2 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bolgatanga in OctoberGhana · 154 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Bawku in OctoberGhana · 196 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Wa in OctoberGhana · 196 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Sokodé in OctoberTogo · 221 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Kara in OctoberTogo · 223 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Ejura in OctoberGhana · 231 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Techiman in OctoberGhana · 235 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 155 mm rain
- Jirapa in OctoberGhana · 240 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 65 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.