Cape Coast climate

Name: Cape Coast
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Cape Coast is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. June is the wettest month (212 mm) and January the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cape Coast averages 1,215 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Ghana · population 212,426 · 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 February 31 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month January 40 mm
Wettest month June 212 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record January 35 °C
Coldest on record January 20 °C
Warmest sea May 29 °C

What to expectCape Coast through the year

Cape Coast has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 31 °C in February, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 101 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 212 mm against 40 mm in January — 5.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Cape Coast 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	30.2 °C	40 mm	53 %
February	30.7 °C	56 mm	58 %
March	30.6 °C	86 mm	66 %
April	30.3 °C	106 mm	73 %
May	29.1 °C	175 mm	78 %
June	27.5 °C	212 mm	79 %
July	26.7 °C	96 mm	79 %
August	26.5 °C	62 mm	80 %
September	27.3 °C	108 mm	77 %
October	28.3 °C	136 mm	67 %
November	29.1 °C	87 mm	55 %
December	29.6 °C	50 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.2 °C	24.3 °C	26.7 °C	34.7 °C	19.7 °C	31	18
February	30.7 °C	25.1 °C	27.3 °C	34.0 °C	21.3 °C	28	22
March	30.6 °C	25.4 °C	27.4 °C	33.7 °C	22.9 °C	31	24
April	30.3 °C	25.2 °C	27.3 °C	33.8 °C	22.3 °C	30	20
May	29.1 °C	24.7 °C	26.6 °C	31.7 °C	22.5 °C	31	7
June	27.5 °C	23.8 °C	25.3 °C	30.7 °C	21.3 °C	29	0
July	26.7 °C	23.2 °C	24.6 °C	29.2 °C	20.4 °C	30	0
August	26.5 °C	22.9 °C	24.3 °C	29.0 °C	19.7 °C	30	0
September	27.3 °C	23.2 °C	24.8 °C	29.9 °C	21.7 °C	30	0
October	28.3 °C	23.7 °C	25.5 °C	30.6 °C	21.8 °C	31	0
November	29.1 °C	24.2 °C	26.3 °C	30.7 °C	21.8 °C	30	2
December	29.6 °C	24.5 °C	26.6 °C	31.9 °C	20.5 °C	31	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	40 mm	11	12 h/day	53 %	83 %	12 km/h	27.1 °C
February	56 mm	13	12 h/day	58 %	84 %	13 km/h	27.6 °C
March	86 mm	19	12 h/day	66 %	84 %	14 km/h	28.0 °C
April	106 mm	21	12 h/day	73 %	85 %	13 km/h	28.3 °C
May	175 mm	27	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	12 km/h	28.5 °C
June	212 mm	26	12 h/day	79 %	88 %	13 km/h	26.8 °C
July	96 mm	21	12 h/day	79 %	86 %	14 km/h	24.4 °C
August	62 mm	17	12 h/day	80 %	87 %	15 km/h	23.2 °C
September	108 mm	22	12 h/day	77 %	88 %	14 km/h	24.2 °C
October	136 mm	26	12 h/day	67 %	87 %	12 km/h	26.5 °C
November	87 mm	21	12 h/day	55 %	86 %	10 km/h	28.2 °C
December	50 mm	14	12 h/day	48 %	85 %	10 km/h	28.0 °C

How Cape Coast 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
Cape Coast	31 °C	23 °C	1,215 mm	361
Sekondi · Ghana	30 °C	23 °C	1,194 mm	359
Takoradi · Ghana	30 °C	23 °C	1,263 mm	361
Atsiaman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	922 mm	363
Accra · Ghana	31 °C	23 °C	852 mm	363
Obuase · Ghana	33 °C	22 °C	1,211 mm	361
Ashaiman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	637 mm	364

Where Cape Coast ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	21stof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	24thof 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	32ndof 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	36thof 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June	37thof 50	27 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March	40thof 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Cape Coast.

QuestionsCommon questions about Cape Coast’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cape Coast?

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, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cape Coast get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 101 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °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 Cape Coast?

June, averaging 212 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is January with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,215 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 Cape Coast 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.