Salaga weather in July

In July, Salaga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 152 mm of rain across 20.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Salaga's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salaga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
152 mm
20.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:54 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
80%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Salaga is human settlement.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical July day in Salaga reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Salaga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
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.

Salaga weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°40.811.63.7
Feb36° / 25°132.211.72.5
Mar36° / 26°346.811.92.0
Apr35° / 26°569.712.22.4
May34° / 25°7011.612.42.9
Jun31° / 25°8314.612.53.7
Jul30° / 24°15220.412.43.8
Aug29° / 24°20623.512.33.6
Sep30° / 24°20625.112.13.2
Oct31° / 24°1051611.83.7
Nov34° / 24°173.311.63.8
Dec34° / 23°30.911.53.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Salaga gets around 152 mm of rain over 20.4 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 66% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 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 5:51 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:516:20
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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 4.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.36 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Salaga

In seasonPeak

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

Salaga's monsoon runs July–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is July a good time to visit Salaga?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Salaga.

What to pack for Salaga in July

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

In July, Salaga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Salaga 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 Salaga peaks around April 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 15UV 13Dec 23UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Salaga 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 Salaga is worst in December — around 157 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 9.9× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 20150 µg/m³Aug 2416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan122Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr36Poor
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec157Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Salaga?

Salaga sits at 8.6°N, 0.5°W, 163 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Yegyi, 39 km away.

BimbilaDambaiTamaleAtebubuYendiSaveluguKintampo

Topography around Salaga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salaga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m.

The land around Salaga is covered by cropland (30%), grassland (28%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
186 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Yegyi 39 km · Bimbila 72 km · Dambai 94 km · Tamale 101 km · Atebubu 102 km · Yendi 114 km · Savelugu 124 km · Kintampo 144 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 Salaga (8.5508°, -0.5188°, elevation 163 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).