Climate averages 1991–2020

Wa weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 22.3°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 160 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Wa: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jirapa (57 km away). In July its highs average 29.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wa, with 143 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Wa ranks 5th of 26 for the warmest July highs and 25th of 26 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 26 cities is 27.8°C; Wa is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 224 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Wa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Wa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	34.5°C19.8°C	19.8°C	0.9	0.3	11.612 h
February	36.7°C22.1°C	22.1°C	6.0	1.1	11.812 h
March	37.7°C24.6°C	24.6°C	26	5.2	12.112 h
April	36.4°C25.3°C	25.3°C	68	11.5	12.312 h
May	34.1°C24.5°C	24.5°C	100	15.2	12.613 h
June	31.7°C23.3°C	23.3°C	101	16.4	12.713 h
July, selected	29.2°C22.3°C	22.3°C	160	21.8	12.613 h
August	28.2°C21.9°C	21.9°C	224	25.6	12.512 h
September	28.9°C21.9°C	21.9°C	190	23.5	12.212 h
October	30.8°C22.4°C	22.4°C	88	14.3	11.912 h
November	33.7°C21.4°C	21.4°C	10	1.9	11.712 h
December	34.3°C20.0°C	20.0°C	0.4	0.2	11.512 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Wa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Wa) is explained once on the Wa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.