Climate averages 1991–2020
Twifu Praso weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Twifu Praso: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 213 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coast (66 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Twifu Praso, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Twifu Praso ranks joint 18th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 26th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 31.2°C; Twifu Praso is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 213 mm to 233 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Cape Coast in MayGhana · 66 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Obuase in MayGhana · 67 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Sekondi in MayGhana · 78 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Takoradi in MayGhana · 83 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Winneba in MayGhana · 107 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Kumasi in MayGhana · 120 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Amanfrom in MayGhana · 128 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Atsiaman in MayGhana · 136 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 108 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.