Climate averages 1991–2020
Winneba weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Winneba: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Amanfrom (32 km away). In August its highs average 25.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Winneba, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Winneba ranks joint 20th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.5°C; Winneba is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 37 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
Winneba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 31.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 18 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 31 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 59 | 14.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 152 | 23.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 203 | 22.4 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 4.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 37 | 8.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 64 | 15.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 49 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 26 | 8.6 | 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
- Amanfrom in AugustGhana · 32 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Gbawe in AugustGhana · 43 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Atsiaman in AugustGhana · 51 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Accra in AugustGhana · 52 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Medina Estates in AugustGhana · 62 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Cape Coast in AugustGhana · 74 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Ashaiman in AugustGhana · 76 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Koforidua in AugustGhana · 92 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 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 Winneba) is explained once on the Winneba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.