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Best time to visit Accra

Ghana · 5.60°N 0.19°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

The best time to visit Accra is July to May, when mean temperatures run from 25 °C77 °F to 29 °C84 °F and rainfall runs 16–152 mm0.6–6.0 in a month.

The rainy season runs April to June, and June is a true monsoon — 192 mm7.6 in a month, peaking in June at 192 mm7.6 in. February is the hottest month at 29 °C84 °F and August the coldest at 25 °C77 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 5.60, -0.19 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Accra weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: July to May.

Open Accra on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
28°82°JAN160.629°83°FEB321.329°83°MAR722.829°83°APR1044.128°82°MAY1526.027°80°JUN1927.626°78°JUL642.525°77°AUG321.326°79°SEP722.827°81°OCT963.828°82°NOV562.228°82°DEC240.9
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Accra's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January160.62882drygood
February321.32983drygood
March722.82983showersgood
April1044.12983rainygood
May1526.02882rainygood
June1927.62780monsoonmonsoon
July642.52678showersgood
August321.32577drygood
September722.82679showersgood
October963.82781showersgood
November562.22882drygood
December240.92882drygood

When to go to Accra, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJuly to May
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersJuly to March
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Accra?

Yes. The rainy season runs April to June, and June is a true monsoon — 192 mm7.6 in a month, peaking in June at 192 mm7.6 in. Outside it, November to February and August is dry.

February is the hottest month at 29 °C84 °F and August the coldest at 25 °C77 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 912 mm36 in.

Where to go instead when Accra doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Accra doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.