Takoradi climate

Name: Takoradi
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Takoradi is warmest in March, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. June is the wettest month (247 mm) and January the driest (44 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Takoradi averages 1,263 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Ghana · population 389,114 · 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 44 mm
Wettest month June 247 mm
Least cloud December 46 % cloud
Hottest on record January 34 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C
Warmest sea May 29 °C

What to expectTakoradi through the year

Takoradi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in August to 30 °C in March, a swing of 3.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 81 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 247 mm against 44 mm in January — 5.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Takoradi 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	29.8 °C	44 mm	50 %
February	30.3 °C	52 mm	56 %
March	30.4 °C	77 mm	65 %
April	30.1 °C	104 mm	72 %
May	28.9 °C	193 mm	78 %
June	27.4 °C	247 mm	78 %
July	26.6 °C	101 mm	77 %
August	26.5 °C	65 mm	79 %
September	27.1 °C	109 mm	74 %
October	28.1 °C	129 mm	64 %
November	29.0 °C	88 mm	53 %
December	29.4 °C	54 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	29.8 °C	24.3 °C	26.6 °C	34.4 °C	18.8 °C	31	13
February	30.3 °C	25.1 °C	27.1 °C	33.7 °C	21.9 °C	28	17
March	30.4 °C	25.3 °C	27.3 °C	33.0 °C	22.5 °C	31	21
April	30.1 °C	25.2 °C	27.2 °C	33.5 °C	22.9 °C	30	17
May	28.9 °C	24.6 °C	26.4 °C	32.0 °C	22.5 °C	31	5
June	27.4 °C	23.7 °C	25.3 °C	33.0 °C	20.9 °C	29	0
July	26.6 °C	23.2 °C	24.6 °C	28.9 °C	20.6 °C	30	0
August	26.5 °C	22.8 °C	24.3 °C	29.5 °C	19.8 °C	30	0
September	27.1 °C	23.2 °C	24.7 °C	29.8 °C	20.8 °C	29	0
October	28.1 °C	23.6 °C	25.4 °C	30.5 °C	21.6 °C	31	0
November	29.0 °C	24.1 °C	26.1 °C	31.0 °C	21.7 °C	30	2
December	29.4 °C	24.4 °C	26.5 °C	32.1 °C	20.7 °C	31	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	44 mm	11	12 h/day	50 %	84 %	13 km/h	27.3 °C
February	52 mm	14	12 h/day	56 %	84 %	14 km/h	27.6 °C
March	77 mm	18	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	15 km/h	28.1 °C
April	104 mm	20	12 h/day	72 %	85 %	14 km/h	28.4 °C
May	193 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
June	247 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	14 km/h	26.9 °C
July	101 mm	20	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	15 km/h	24.8 °C
August	65 mm	17	12 h/day	79 %	87 %	15 km/h	23.7 °C
September	109 mm	21	12 h/day	74 %	88 %	14 km/h	24.3 °C
October	129 mm	25	12 h/day	64 %	88 %	13 km/h	26.4 °C
November	88 mm	20	12 h/day	53 %	87 %	12 km/h	28.2 °C
December	54 mm	15	12 h/day	46 %	86 %	12 km/h	28.1 °C

How Takoradi 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
Takoradi	30 °C	23 °C	1,263 mm	361
Sekondi · Ghana	30 °C	23 °C	1,194 mm	359
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 Takoradi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	18th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	23rd of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	28th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	31st of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June	32nd of 50	27 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March	37th of 50	28 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Takoradi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Takoradi?

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 Takoradi get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 81 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 Takoradi?

June, averaging 247 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is January with 44 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,263 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 Takoradi 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: 4.898°, -1.760° (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.