Nalerigu weather in July

In July, Nalerigu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 166 mm of rain across 22.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Nalerigu's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nalerigu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
166 mm
22.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:50 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Nalerigu is Capital town of North East Region, Ghana.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical July day in Nalerigu reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Nalerigu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Nalerigu weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 21°00.111.54.5
Feb36° / 23°40.811.72.8
Mar38° / 26°163.211.91.5
Apr37° / 27°478.512.21.7
May34° / 25°7512.512.52.7
Jun32° / 24°7613.412.63.6
Jul30° / 23°16622.412.63.6
Aug29° / 23°24426.912.33.4
Sep30° / 23°17421.512.13.7
Oct32° / 23°6411.311.84.0
Nov34° / 21°50.811.53.8
Dec33° / 20°0011.44.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22674
32575
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52476
62377
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Nalerigu gets around 166 mm of rain over 22.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 72% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
256
357
458
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660
761
863
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1066
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1269
1371
1472
1574
1675
1777
1877
1978
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2180
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2581
2681
2781
2882
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3082
3182

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11963
21963
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111972
120982
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Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:476:23
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Nalerigu

In seasonPeak

In July, Nalerigu sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Nalerigu's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Nalerigu sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is July a good time to visit Nalerigu?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nalerigu.

What to pack for Nalerigu in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Nalerigu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nalerigu in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nalerigu peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Nalerigu in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Nalerigu is worst in January — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 2282 µg/m³Aug 915 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb82Unhealthy
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr41Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov53Poor
Dec78Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nalerigu?

Nalerigu sits at 10.5°N, 0.4°W, 353 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Bolgatanga, 60 km away.

BolgatangaBawkuDapaongSinkasséCinkanséZabréBittouNavrongo

Topography around Nalerigu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nalerigu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 345 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m.

The land around Nalerigu is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
341 m
80 km
412 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
July weather nearby: Bolgatanga 60 km · Bawku 61 km · Dapaong 73 km · Sinkassé 76 km · Cinkansé 78 km · Zabré 78 km · Bittou 82 km · Navrongo 89 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 Nalerigu (10.5273°, -0.3698°, elevation 353 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).