Accra climate

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Accra is warmest in March, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. June is the wettest month (155 mm) and January the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Accra averages 852 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Ghana · population 1,963,264 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 31 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month January 26 mm
Wettest month June 155 mm
Least cloud December 45 % cloud
Hottest on record January 34 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C
Warmest sea May 29 °C

What to expectAccra through the year

Accra has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in August to 31 °C in March, a swing of 3.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 145 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 155 mm against 26 mm in January — 5.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Accra is warmest in May at 29 °C and coldest in August at 23 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.7 °C	26 mm	50 %
February	31.1 °C	37 mm	57 %
March	31.2 °C	55 mm	66 %
April	30.9 °C	65 mm	71 %
May	29.5 °C	109 mm	76 %
June	27.6 °C	155 mm	79 %
July	26.6 °C	75 mm	81 %
August	26.4 °C	58 mm	82 %
September	27.2 °C	94 mm	78 %
October	28.4 °C	96 mm	67 %
November	29.6 °C	52 mm	53 %
December	30.4 °C	31 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.7 °C	24.5 °C	27.1 °C	34.3 °C	18.8 °C	31	24
February	31.1 °C	25.4 °C	27.7 °C	34.0 °C	21.0 °C	28	25
March	31.2 °C	25.8 °C	28.0 °C	33.5 °C	21.8 °C	31	29
April	30.9 °C	25.7 °C	27.9 °C	34.2 °C	23.8 °C	30	24
May	29.5 °C	25.1 °C	27.1 °C	32.9 °C	22.9 °C	31	11
June	27.6 °C	24.1 °C	25.6 °C	30.9 °C	21.9 °C	30	0
July	26.6 °C	23.3 °C	24.6 °C	29.0 °C	21.1 °C	30	0
August	26.4 °C	22.8 °C	24.2 °C	30.0 °C	20.7 °C	30	0
September	27.2 °C	23.3 °C	24.8 °C	30.5 °C	21.9 °C	30	0
October	28.4 °C	24.0 °C	25.8 °C	32.3 °C	22.1 °C	31	1
November	29.6 °C	24.7 °C	26.8 °C	32.6 °C	22.9 °C	30	9
December	30.4 °C	24.8 °C	27.3 °C	33.4 °C	20.6 °C	31	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	26 mm	7	12 h/day	50 %	78 %	14 km/h	27.2 °C
February	37 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	15 km/h	27.7 °C
March	55 mm	12	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	16 km/h	28.2 °C
April	65 mm	13	12 h/day	71 %	80 %	15 km/h	28.4 °C
May	109 mm	19	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	14 km/h	28.6 °C
June	155 mm	22	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	14 km/h	26.8 °C
July	75 mm	16	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	16 km/h	24.4 °C
August	58 mm	14	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	16 km/h	23.3 °C
September	94 mm	20	12 h/day	78 %	86 %	14 km/h	24.6 °C
October	96 mm	19	12 h/day	67 %	84 %	13 km/h	26.6 °C
November	52 mm	14	12 h/day	53 %	82 %	12 km/h	28.2 °C
December	31 mm	8	12 h/day	45 %	80 %	12 km/h	28.0 °C

How Accra compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Accra	31 °C	23 °C	852 mm	363
Atsiaman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	922 mm	363
Ashaiman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	637 mm	364
Koforidua · Ghana	33 °C	22 °C	1,341 mm	362
Cape Coast · Ghana	31 °C	23 °C	1,215 mm	361

Where Accra ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	19thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	20thof 50	28 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in December	26thof 50	84/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	26thof 50	86/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	29thof 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	31stof 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Accra.

QuestionsCommon questions about Accra’s climate

When is the best time to visit Accra?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Accra get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 145 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Accra?

June, averaging 155 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 852 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Accra rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.