Accra - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the overall climate: is it extremely hot or cold, wet or dry, at any time of year, for example?
Hot, humid, polluted. During peak harmattan we barely leave the house, for example we pull our kids from sports. This past year there was a playdate in the embassy atrium for little kids over the weekend since no one wanted to be outside. - Aug 2024
Hot. Humid. The coolest months are June-August when most families are not at post. Be prepared to sweat. - Sep 2023
Ghana is a tropical country, with a few rainy reasons throughout the year. For the most part, it is hot and humid. - Nov 2022
There's a couple rainy seasons, where it rains for a small portion of the day, and a couple dry seasons. July - August is the coolest time of year (but not actually cool). The air is worse for about six-eight weeks in the winter, due to Harmattan. I'm from the South in the US, so I like the climate here. - Sep 2022
Hot and humid, most days are 80-90 F, sunrise at 6am, sunset at 6pm, 12 hours of sunlight. - Mar 2022
Hot and muggy almost all of the time. Rainy season give a bit of a respite (July-Sept usually) but not much - Nov 2019
A typical day is 90 degrees F with somewhere between 65-85% humidity. It's hot and sticky almost all the time. There are a few times of year when rain is more common, but I was surprised to find that the "rainy season" isn't what I had imagined a tropical rainy season to be (I was thinking daily downpours). In July/August the weather cools down by about 5-10 degrees and it feels blissfully cool by comparison to the rest of the year. - May 2019
VERY HOT AND HUMID all year. Period. - Apr 2018
It's hot and humid or warm and humid almost every day. You don't need a jacket. Maybe you'd want one long-sleeve shirt because of air conditioning, but it's summertime all year round here. If it's cloudy and rainy, it can be pleasantly mild, but never really cool. - Aug 2017
Extremely hot and very very humid all year long (about 100 degrees every day, maybe cooling to 95 at night), December to January it is slightly less humid. Make no mistake, every single day is hot and sweaty. - Apr 2017
It is hot most of the year and slightly cooler in summer months and during the Harmattan. - Aug 2016
Hot and hotter. We get a breeze fairly often but it's a hot and sticky breeze. - May 2014
Nov thru April is very hot (95-100F) and mostly dry, sometimes with a dusty Harmattan wind (in January and February). May and June are hot (90-95F), humid, and rainy. July thru October is tolerable (85-90F) with occasional rain. If you think that you will miss winter/spring/autumn, this is not the place for you. - Apr 2012
Hot and humid during the dry season (Nov. - May)Mild and overcast during the rainy season (June - Sept/Oct) - Aug 2011
Rainy season April - October. Cooler temps in July and August. Usually in the 90's with a frequent breeze. - Jun 2011
Hot! Two rainy seasons a year provide some relief. Best and coolest months are August and September. Beginning on late October the weather gets hotter and by January we are all baking. Rainy season begins end of February or mid-March and finishes by beginning of May or so. Smaller rainy season hits mid-July for about 2 weeks. - Feb 2010
Hot quite a lot - but cooler in dry season when it remains hazy/cloudy. - Feb 2010
Hot and humid most of the time. - May 2009
