Climate · Accra

Accra in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Accra is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 22 minutes.May in Accra is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 22 minutes.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 72% of days
Daylight
12h 22mon average

Is May a good time to visit Accra?


May sits outside Accra's best months, which run from August. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 89°F in May, against 83°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 28°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

72% of days in May, against 20% to 83% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 22m in May, against 11h 48m to 12h 26m through the year.

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

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  1. April91°33°low 79°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May89°32°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June85°29°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Accra sits, in May

Africa/Accra

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:46 AMsets 6:08 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 May, 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.