Climate averages 1991–2020
Twifu Praso weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Twifu Praso: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coast (66 km away). In January its highs average 30.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Twifu Praso, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Twifu Praso ranks 17th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 26th of 26 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is 32.5°C; Twifu Praso is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Cape Coast in JanuaryGhana · 66 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Obuase in JanuaryGhana · 67 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sekondi in JanuaryGhana · 78 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Takoradi in JanuaryGhana · 83 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Winneba in JanuaryGhana · 107 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Kumasi in JanuaryGhana · 120 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Amanfrom in JanuaryGhana · 128 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Atsiaman in JanuaryGhana · 136 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 27 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.