Climate averages 1991–2020
Twifu Praso weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Twifu Praso: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coast (66 km away). In December its highs average 29.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Twifu Praso, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Twifu Praso ranks joint 18th of 26 for the warmest December highs and 26th of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is 31.7°C; Twifu Praso is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cape Coast in DecemberGhana · 66 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Obuase in DecemberGhana · 67 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Sekondi in DecemberGhana · 78 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Takoradi in DecemberGhana · 83 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Winneba in DecemberGhana · 107 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Kumasi in DecemberGhana · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Amanfrom in DecemberGhana · 128 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Atsiaman in DecemberGhana · 136 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 32 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.