Climate averages 1991–2020
Twifu Praso weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Twifu Praso: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coast (66 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Twifu Praso, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Twifu Praso ranks joint 11th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Twifu Praso is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 185 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
Twifu Praso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 54 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 84 | 17.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 146 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 157 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 213 | 28.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 233 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 151 | 23.9 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 27.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 113 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 185 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 209 | 28.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 133 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 67 | 15.4 | 11.812 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
- Cape Coast in AugustGhana · 66 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Obuase in AugustGhana · 67 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Sekondi in AugustGhana · 78 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Takoradi in AugustGhana · 83 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Winneba in AugustGhana · 107 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Kumasi in AugustGhana · 120 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Amanfrom in AugustGhana · 128 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Atsiaman in AugustGhana · 136 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 58 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 Twifu Praso) is explained once on the Twifu Praso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.