Elmina Weather in August
Elmina in August
The short of it: Elmina in August averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 22 °C (72 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 22° · rain 46 mm · daylight 12 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & January
Thirty years of records give Elmina an average August high of 28°, a low of 22° and some 46 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Elmina: highs scarcely reach 28°, nights fall to 22°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 17 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Elmina runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Cape Coast, 12 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Elmina, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 41 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape CoastCentral | 12 km E | 28° | 22° | 42 mm |
| SaltpondCentral | 35 km ENE | 28° | 22° | 41 mm |
| Shama JunctionWestern | 35 km WSW | 27° | 22° | 55 mm |
| MankesimCentral | 43 km ENE | 28° | 23° | 42 mm |
| SekondiWestern | 44 km WSW | 28° | 22° | 57 mm |
| Sekondi-TakoradiWestern | 48 km WSW | 28° | 22° | 57 mm |
| TakoradiWestern | 50 km WSW | 28° | 22° | 54 mm |
| Twifu PrasoCentral | 63 km NNW | 28° | 22° | 65 mm |