Climate averages 1991–2020
Techiman weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Techiman: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunyani (51 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Techiman, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Techiman ranks 10th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Techiman is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Techiman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 47 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 113 | 16.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 130 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 130 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 124 | 21.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 110 | 20.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 181 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 155 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 68 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 22 | 4.2 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sunyani in MayGhana · 51 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Ejura in MayGhana · 68 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Berekum in MayGhana · 73 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Japekrom in MayGhana · 93 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Kumasi in MayGhana · 106 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Bondoukou in MayIvory Coast · 107 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Obuase in MayGhana · 157 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Abengourou in MayIvory Coast · 197 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 113 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 Techiman) is explained once on the Techiman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.