Climate · Accra

Accra in January

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Accra is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 50 minutes.January in Accra is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 50 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 20% of days
Daylight
11h 50mon average

Is January a good time to visit Accra?


A good month, just outside Accra's best months, which run from August.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in January, against 83°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in January, against 28°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

20% of days in January, against 20% to 83% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in January, against 55% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

11h 50m in January, against 11h 48m to 12h 26m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. December90°32°low 77°low 25°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January90°32°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February91°33°low 78°low 26°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Accra sits, in January

Africa/Accra

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:15 AMsets 6:04 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
5.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Accra, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Accra is our one place in Ghana so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Accra. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.