Climate averages 1991–2020
Tamale weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Tamale: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolgatanga (154 km away). In September its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tamale, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Tamale ranks 5th of 26 for the warmest September highs and 21st of 26 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 26 cities is 28.2°C; Tamale is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bolgatanga in SeptemberGhana · 154 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 144 mm rain
- Bawku in SeptemberGhana · 196 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 137 mm rain
- Wa in SeptemberGhana · 196 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Sokodé in SeptemberTogo · 221 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 268 mm rain
- Kara in SeptemberTogo · 223 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Ejura in SeptemberGhana · 231 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Techiman in SeptemberGhana · 235 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Jirapa in SeptemberGhana · 240 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 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.