Weather in Tema Metropolitan District

Calculated from weather data of Kotoka International Airport (DGAA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	32.2	32.7	32.3	32.5	31.6	32.7
February	32.3	33.6	32.2	32.0	32.1	32.7
March	32.0	32.8	31.3	32.3	31.8	32.5
April	32.1		31.8	31.1	32.3	32.1
May	31.1		31.1	30.6	31.6	31.6
June	29.3		28.8	29.1	30.3	29.1
July	28.3		28.6	27.6	28.5	27.6
August	27.9		27.6	26.8	28.6	28.1
September	28.6		28.6	27.3	29.3	28.3
October	30.0		30.3	29.5	30.3	29.3
November	30.9		31.1	30.6	30.8	30.6
December	31.8		32.7	31.3	31.8	31.5
Average	30.8	33.0	30.6	30.0	30.8	30.5

1st highest temperature of Ghana

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.5	26	26	26	25	26
February	26.2	27	26	27	26	27
March	26.1	27	26	26	26	26
April	25.7		25	25	27	26
May	25.2		26	25	26	26
June	24.1		24	24	24	24
July	24.2		25	24	24	24
August	23.6		24	23	24	23
September	24.1		24	24	24	24
October	24.3		25	25	23	24
November	25.3		26	25	25	25
December	25.8		26	26	27	25
Average	25.2	26.7	25.1	24.8	25.0	25.0

1st lowest temperature of Ghana

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	91	212	175	228	199
25 °C or warmer	91	362	342	365	365
20 °C or warmer	91	363	351	365	365
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
February	0.3	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.6	1	2	0	0	0
April	0.9		1	2	0	1
May	1.6		2	1	0	2
June	3.0		5	3	1	5
July	2.4		5	1	1	3
August	3.1		6	6	1	1
September	4.3		5	11	3	3
October	1.6		1	1	1	3
November	0.2		0	0	0	0
December	0.1		0	0	0	0
Average	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.2	0.7	1.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.5	15	16	14	17	13
February	17.2	17	17	18	18	15
March	19.7	19	17	20	20	21
April	17.8		18	16	18	18
May	15.7		14	14	19	16
June	17.2		18	16	17	17
July	21.0		19	21	22	23
August	22.2		20	22	22	24
September	19.5		19	20	18	22
October	16.0		15	15	17	17
November	14.4		16	15	15	14
December	14.3		13	15	14	17
Average	17.6	17.1	16.7	17.2	18.1	18.2

1st highest wind speed of Ghana

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	S	SW	S
February	SW	SW	SW	SW	S
March	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
April		SW	SW	SW	SW
May		S	SW	SW	SW
June		SW	SW	SW	SW
July		SW	SW	SW	SW
August		SW	SW	SW	SW
September		SW	SW	SW	SW
October		SW	SW	SW	SW
November		SW	SW	SW	SW
December		S	SW	S	SW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Tema Metropolitan District weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Tema Metropolitan District?

The warmest month is February with an average temperature of 32 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Tema Metropolitan District?

The coldest month is August with an average daytime temperature of 28 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Tema Metropolitan District?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in September with a probability of around 4.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Tema Metropolitan District?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in January. The probability is about 0.1 %.