Koforidua climate

Name: Koforidua
Address: GH

Koforidua is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (192 mm) and January the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Koforidua averages 1,341 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Ghana · population 151,255 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month January 40 mm
Wettest month June 192 mm
Least cloud December 53 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectKoforidua through the year

Koforidua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in August to 33 °C in February, a swing of 3.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 186 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 192 mm against 40 mm in January — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.7 °C	40 mm	53 %
February	33.2 °C	58 mm	62 %
March	32.6 °C	100 mm	70 %
April	31.8 °C	113 mm	76 %
May	30.4 °C	165 mm	81 %
June	28.4 °C	192 mm	84 %
July	27.7 °C	126 mm	85 %
August	27.8 °C	105 mm	86 %
September	28.4 °C	167 mm	84 %
October	29.1 °C	152 mm	77 %
November	30.1 °C	81 mm	63 %
December	31.3 °C	41 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.7 °C	22.7 °C	26.8 °C	36.7 °C	17.3 °C	31	29
February	33.2 °C	23.7 °C	27.4 °C	38.1 °C	18.8 °C	28	27
March	32.6 °C	24.0 °C	27.2 °C	36.7 °C	19.6 °C	31	30
April	31.8 °C	23.9 °C	26.9 °C	36.0 °C	21.4 °C	30	28
May	30.4 °C	23.3 °C	26.0 °C	34.6 °C	21.0 °C	31	20
June	28.4 °C	22.4 °C	24.7 °C	32.0 °C	20.2 °C	29	3
July	27.7 °C	21.9 °C	24.1 °C	30.5 °C	18.8 °C	30	1
August	27.8 °C	21.8 °C	24.0 °C	31.8 °C	18.8 °C	30	1
September	28.4 °C	22.1 °C	24.4 °C	30.8 °C	20.7 °C	30	1
October	29.1 °C	22.4 °C	24.8 °C	31.9 °C	20.5 °C	31	4
November	30.1 °C	22.4 °C	25.5 °C	33.3 °C	19.8 °C	30	15
December	31.3 °C	22.7 °C	26.2 °C	34.8 °C	18.6 °C	31	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	73 %	11 km/h
February	58 mm	11	12 h/day	62 %	76 %	12 km/h
March	100 mm	19	12 h/day	70 %	80 %	13 km/h
April	113 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	82 %	12 km/h
May	165 mm	25	12 h/day	81 %	86 %	11 km/h
June	192 mm	25	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	11 km/h
July	126 mm	22	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	13 km/h
August	105 mm	21	12 h/day	86 %	85 %	13 km/h
September	167 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	87 %	11 km/h
October	152 mm	25	12 h/day	77 %	88 %	9.8 km/h
November	81 mm	17	12 h/day	63 %	86 %	9.0 km/h
December	41 mm	9	12 h/day	53 %	80 %	9.5 km/h

How Koforidua 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
Koforidua	33 °C	22 °C	1,341 mm	362
Atsiaman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	922 mm	363
Ashaiman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	637 mm	364
Accra · Ghana	31 °C	23 °C	852 mm	363

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Koforidua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Koforidua?

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 Koforidua get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 186 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Koforidua?

June, averaging 192 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is January with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,341 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 Koforidua 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
Data point: 6.094°, -0.259° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.