Climate and average weather in Berekum

In Berekum, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: late June to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Berekum typically varies from 22°C to 35°C, and is rarely below 18°C or above 37°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Berekum for warm-weather activities are from late June to early September and late October to late December.

Hottest
Feb
35°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Sep
131 mm
Driest
Jan
12 mm
Rain / yr
882 mm
162 wet days
Daylight
11.6–12.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
330 m
7.5°N
Clearest
Jan
38% cloud

Berekum is district capital in Ghana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Berekum weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late June to early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Berekum, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Berekum stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 35°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 22°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in January.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3422
Feb3524
Mar3424
Apr3324
May3224
Jun3023
Jul2923
Aug2822
Sep2923
Oct3023
Nov3222
Dec3222

How hot and cold Berekum really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Berekum feels like about 38°C (around March 21). About 300 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in March.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34342222
Feb36352424
Mar38342424
Apr38332424
May36322424
Jun34302323
Jul31292223
Aug31282222
Sep32292323
Oct34302323
Nov35322222
Dec33322222

Average hourly temperature in Berekum

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 35°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Berekum weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°122.211.63.9
Feb35° / 24°325.511.82.8
Mar34° / 24°7813.911.92.6
Apr33° / 24°9616.312.22.8
May32° / 24°9417.712.33.2
Jun30° / 23°9618.412.43.8
Jul29° / 23°8817.612.44.4
Aug28° / 22°10217.412.24.5
Sep29° / 23°13122.1123.7
Oct30° / 23°9618.911.83.8
Nov32° / 22°439.211.74.3
Dec32° / 22°143.111.64.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Berekum gets about 882 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.7 months, from around Mar 13 to Nov 2, peaking in September at about 75% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 131 mm over about 22 wet days; January is the driest, with 12 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 18 · 75%Jan 1 · 4%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan82
Feb206
Mar4414
Apr5416
May5718
Jun6118
Jul5618
Aug5717
Sep7322
Oct6019
Nov319
Dec103

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Berekum collects about 882 mm of rain across 162 wet days — roughly 73 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 131 mm, while January is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12327896949688102131964314
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan122
Feb326
Mar7814
Apr9616
May9418
Jun9618
Jul8818
Aug10217
Sep13122
Oct9619
Nov439
Dec143

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Berekum, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 17 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around March 18. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 78% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 19 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around October 16. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 94% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 26 · 82%Aug 16 · 5%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7525
Feb6436
Mar4159
Apr2971
May2476
Jun1882
Jul1090
Aug694
Sep1882
Oct3763
Nov5941
Dec7822

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 19, brings about 12 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 0 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.66:316:08
Feb11.86:326:18
Mar11.96:226:18
Apr12.26:066:15
May12.35:566:17
Jun12.45:586:23
Jul12.46:046:28
Aug12.26:076:22
Sep12.06:036:06
Oct11.86:005:50
Nov11.76:065:45
Dec11.66:195:54

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Berekum averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Nov 3 to Mar 11. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 0 sunny days — about 100% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2920 daysJul 120 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan18Bright
Feb12Mixed
Mar5Gloomy
Apr2Gloomy
May2Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov9Mixed
Dec18Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Berekum, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 9.0 months, from around March 5 to December 3. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 4 to March 4, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 48% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 6 · 53%Apr 4 · 0%oppressivehumidcomfortablemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan3991225160
Feb217927370
Mar32313791
Apr0001963
May0001972
Jun0004960
Jul00027730
Aug00036640
Sep0009910
Oct0002980
Nov11314820
Dec1871225380

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Berekum is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Feb 20 to Sep 6. The windiest month is August, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 7 to Feb 19, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeAug 1 · 10 km/hOct 20 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug9calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Berekum

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Berekum sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Berekum

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Berekum throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early July, Berekum is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Berekum for general outdoor tourist activities run from late June to early September and again from late October to mid January, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 3 · 4.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.9fair
Feb2.8poor
Mar2.6poor
Apr2.8poor
May3.2poor
Jun3.8fair
Jul4.4fair
Aug4.5fair
Sep3.7fair
Oct3.8fair
Nov4.3fair
Dec4.7fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Berekum for hot-weather activities is from mid November to early February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 29 · 7.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Berekum, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around February (highs near 35°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 28°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Berekum sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Berekum by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Berekum peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 9 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 13UV 13Jan 9UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in Berekum

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in April the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan74.5
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr86
May85.5
Jun85.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov75
Dec74.5

Air quality in Berekum by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Berekum is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyFeb 9101 µg/m³Aug 1617 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan97Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar45Poor
Apr39Poor
May23Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec82Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Berekum is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Berekum banks about 6,267 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan551
Feb542
Mar596
Apr556
May552
Jun496
Jul482
Aug474
Sep474
Oct509
Nov508
Dec528

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Berekum receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.7 and 5.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Nov 8 to May 25. The brightest month is February, averaging about 5.7 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is August, down near 3.8 kWh/m² — roughly 34% less than the February peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 75.7 kWhAug 93.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.6Bright
Feb5.7Bright
Mar5.6Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun4.3Bright
Jul3.9Moderate
Aug3.8Moderate
Sep4.1Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov4.9Bright
Dec5.2Bright

Where is Berekum?

Berekum sits at 7.5°N, 2.6°W, 330 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Nsoatre, 14 km away.

MimWankyiDuayaw-Nkwanta

Topography around Berekum

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Berekum.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Berekum has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 312 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 677 m.

The land around Berekum is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (42%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
157 m
80 km
677 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Nsoatre 14 km · Japekrom 26 km · Sunyani 31 km · Domaa-Ahenkro 38 km · Atronie 39 km · Mim 61 km · Wankyi 62 km · Duayaw-Nkwanta 62 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,257
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
25.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Christian 71%Muslim 20%other 5%traditionalist 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Berekum (7.4534°, -2.584°, elevation 330 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).