Sekondi climate

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Sekondi is warmest in March, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. June is the wettest month (241 mm) and January the driest (42 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sekondi averages 1,194 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Ghana · population 285,506 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month January 42 mm
Wettest month June 241 mm
Least cloud December 46 % cloud
Hottest on record January 33 °C
Coldest on record January 20 °C
Warmest sea May 29 °C

What to expectSekondi through the year

Sekondi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in August to 30 °C in March, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 47 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 241 mm against 42 mm in January — 5.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Sekondi is warmest in May at 29 °C and coldest in August at 24 °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	29.3 °C	42 mm	50 %
February	29.8 °C	49 mm	56 %
March	30.0 °C	71 mm	65 %
April	29.7 °C	95 mm	71 %
May	28.6 °C	181 mm	78 %
June	27.1 °C	241 mm	78 %
July	26.3 °C	96 mm	77 %
August	26.0 °C	64 mm	78 %
September	26.7 °C	102 mm	74 %
October	27.7 °C	117 mm	63 %
November	28.6 °C	83 mm	53 %
December	29.1 °C	52 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.3 °C	24.5 °C	26.6 °C	33.1 °C	19.9 °C	31	6
February	29.8 °C	25.3 °C	27.1 °C	32.9 °C	21.7 °C	28	10
March	30.0 °C	25.5 °C	27.3 °C	32.6 °C	22.3 °C	31	15
April	29.7 °C	25.4 °C	27.2 °C	32.6 °C	23.1 °C	30	11
May	28.6 °C	24.8 °C	26.5 °C	31.6 °C	22.6 °C	31	3
June	27.1 °C	23.9 °C	25.3 °C	30.6 °C	21.5 °C	30	0
July	26.3 °C	23.3 °C	24.5 °C	28.2 °C	20.9 °C	29	0
August	26.0 °C	22.9 °C	24.1 °C	28.3 °C	20.4 °C	28	0
September	26.7 °C	23.2 °C	24.6 °C	29.0 °C	21.3 °C	29	0
October	27.7 °C	23.8 °C	25.4 °C	29.9 °C	22.2 °C	31	0
November	28.6 °C	24.4 °C	26.2 °C	30.5 °C	22.4 °C	30	0
December	29.1 °C	24.7 °C	26.6 °C	31.6 °C	21.6 °C	31	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	42 mm	11	12 h/day	50 %	84 %	13 km/h	27.3 °C
February	49 mm	13	12 h/day	56 %	84 %	15 km/h	27.6 °C
March	71 mm	17	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	15 km/h	28.2 °C
April	95 mm	19	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	15 km/h	28.4 °C
May	181 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	86 %	14 km/h	28.6 °C
June	241 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	86 %	14 km/h	26.9 °C
July	96 mm	20	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	16 km/h	24.7 °C
August	64 mm	17	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	16 km/h	23.6 °C
September	102 mm	21	12 h/day	74 %	88 %	15 km/h	24.3 °C
October	117 mm	24	12 h/day	63 %	87 %	14 km/h	26.4 °C
November	83 mm	20	12 h/day	53 %	85 %	12 km/h	28.2 °C
December	52 mm	14	12 h/day	46 %	85 %	12 km/h	28.1 °C

How Sekondi 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
Sekondi	30 °C	23 °C	1,194 mm	359
Takoradi · Ghana	30 °C	23 °C	1,263 mm	361
Cape Coast · Ghana	31 °C	23 °C	1,215 mm	361
Obuase · Ghana	33 °C	22 °C	1,211 mm	361
Atsiaman · Ghana	32 °C	23 °C	922 mm	363
Accra · Ghana	31 °C	23 °C	852 mm	363
Kumasi · Ghana	34 °C	22 °C	1,080 mm	361

Where Sekondi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	17th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	22nd of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	26th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	30th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June	33rd of 50	27 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March	34th of 50	28 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Sekondi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sekondi?

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 Sekondi get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 47 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °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 Sekondi?

June, averaging 241 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is January with 42 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,194 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 Sekondi 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: 4.934°, -1.715° (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.