Obuase climate

Name: Obuase
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Obuase is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (165 mm) and January the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Obuase averages 1,211 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Ghana · population 179,604 · 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 24 mm
Wettest month June 165 mm
Least cloud January 55 % cloud
Hottest on record February 39 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectObuase through the year

Obuase has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in August to 33 °C in February, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 158 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 165 mm against 24 mm in January — 7.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.2 °C	24 mm	55 %
February	33.0 °C	44 mm	64 %
March	32.3 °C	102 mm	76 %
April	31.5 °C	114 mm	80 %
May	30.2 °C	146 mm	83 %
June	28.3 °C	165 mm	85 %
July	27.6 °C	128 mm	87 %
August	27.7 °C	100 mm	88 %
September	28.3 °C	141 mm	86 %
October	28.9 °C	153 mm	79 %
November	29.5 °C	66 mm	68 %
December	30.5 °C	28 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.2 °C	22.6 °C	26.7 °C	37.4 °C	17.3 °C	31	28
February	33.0 °C	23.7 °C	27.4 °C	38.6 °C	19.0 °C	28	27
March	32.3 °C	23.8 °C	27.0 °C	37.2 °C	19.8 °C	31	29
April	31.5 °C	23.7 °C	26.7 °C	35.8 °C	21.6 °C	30	26
May	30.2 °C	23.2 °C	25.9 °C	34.2 °C	21.2 °C	31	17
June	28.3 °C	22.4 °C	24.6 °C	32.2 °C	20.4 °C	29	2
July	27.6 °C	21.8 °C	24.0 °C	30.2 °C	19.2 °C	30	0
August	27.7 °C	21.8 °C	24.1 °C	32.1 °C	18.7 °C	30	0
September	28.3 °C	22.1 °C	24.3 °C	30.7 °C	20.9 °C	29	1
October	28.9 °C	22.3 °C	24.7 °C	30.8 °C	20.7 °C	31	2
November	29.5 °C	22.3 °C	25.2 °C	33.0 °C	20.3 °C	30	6
December	30.5 °C	22.5 °C	25.9 °C	35.0 °C	18.4 °C	31	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	24 mm	5	12 h/day	55 %	71 %	11 km/h
February	44 mm	9	12 h/day	64 %	73 %	13 km/h
March	102 mm	18	12 h/day	76 %	79 %	13 km/h
April	114 mm	19	12 h/day	80 %	82 %	12 km/h
May	146 mm	23	12 h/day	83 %	85 %	11 km/h
June	165 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	87 %	11 km/h
July	128 mm	21	12 h/day	87 %	84 %	12 km/h
August	100 mm	20	12 h/day	88 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	141 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	11 km/h
October	153 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	87 %	9.7 km/h
November	66 mm	14	12 h/day	68 %	85 %	9.3 km/h
December	28 mm	7	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	9.9 km/h

How Obuase 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
Obuase	33 °C	22 °C	1,211 mm	361
Kumasi · Ghana	34 °C	22 °C	1,080 mm	361
Cape Coast · Ghana	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
Koforidua · Ghana	33 °C	22 °C	1,341 mm	362

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Obuase’s climate

When is the best time to visit Obuase?

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 Obuase get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 158 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °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 Obuase?

June, averaging 165 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,211 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 Obuase 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.