Tamale climate

Name: Tamale
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Tamale is warmest in March, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. August is the wettest month (218 mm) and December the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tamale averages 847 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Ghana · population 464,316 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month August 218 mm
Least cloud December 25 % cloud
Hottest on record February 42 °C
Coldest on record November 15 °C

What to expectTamale through the year

Tamale has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 35 °C in January to 38 °C in March, a swing of 6.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 277 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 218 mm against 1 mm in December — 149 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	35.2 °C	2 mm	30 %
February	37.1 °C	5 mm	35 %
March	37.8 °C	22 mm	56 %
April	36.6 °C	50 mm	67 %
May	34.7 °C	67 mm	69 %
June	32.0 °C	77 mm	68 %
July	29.5 °C	149 mm	76 %
August	28.6 °C	218 mm	81 %
September	29.0 °C	178 mm	76 %
October	30.8 °C	69 mm	60 %
November	33.9 °C	7 mm	36 %
December	34.7 °C	1 mm	25 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	35.2 °C	20.9 °C	27.9 °C	39.4 °C	16.0 °C	31	31
February	37.1 °C	23.2 °C	30.1 °C	41.9 °C	18.0 °C	28	28
March	37.8 °C	25.8 °C	31.5 °C	41.1 °C	17.0 °C	31	31
April	36.6 °C	26.2 °C	31.0 °C	40.9 °C	19.4 °C	30	30
May	34.7 °C	25.4 °C	29.6 °C	40.1 °C	22.4 °C	31	30
June	32.0 °C	24.0 °C	27.6 °C	37.6 °C	21.2 °C	30	26
July	29.5 °C	22.9 °C	25.8 °C	35.8 °C	20.1 °C	30	11
August	28.6 °C	22.5 °C	25.1 °C	32.2 °C	20.3 °C	30	3
September	29.0 °C	22.5 °C	25.3 °C	32.8 °C	20.7 °C	30	6
October	30.8 °C	23.1 °C	26.6 °C	35.6 °C	18.1 °C	31	21
November	33.9 °C	22.7 °C	28.1 °C	36.9 °C	15.1 °C	30	30
December	34.7 °C	21.0 °C	27.7 °C	37.6 °C	16.1 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	24 %	14 km/h
February	5 mm	1	12 h/day	35 %	28 %	14 km/h
March	22 mm	5	12 h/day	56 %	44 %	16 km/h
April	50 mm	9	12 h/day	67 %	58 %	17 km/h
May	67 mm	12	13 h/day	69 %	67 %	16 km/h
June	77 mm	13	13 h/day	68 %	74 %	15 km/h
July	149 mm	20	13 h/day	76 %	80 %	15 km/h
August	218 mm	25	12 h/day	81 %	84 %	14 km/h
September	178 mm	22	12 h/day	76 %	86 %	12 km/h
October	69 mm	11	12 h/day	60 %	81 %	12 km/h
November	7 mm	1	12 h/day	36 %	58 %	12 km/h
December	1 mm	0	12 h/day	25 %	34 %	13 km/h

Where Tamale ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in February	5th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	5th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	6th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	6th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	7th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	7th of 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tamale’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tamale?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tamale get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 277 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tamale?

August, averaging 218 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 847 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 Tamale 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: 9.401°, -0.839° (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.