Elmina Weather in December
Elmina in December
The short of it: Elmina in December averages a high of 32 °C (90 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 32 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 50 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 32° · low 24° · rain 32 mm · daylight 11 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & January
Thirty years of records give Elmina an average December high of 32°, a low of 24° and some 32 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 32 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 50 min in mid-December.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and January.
Against its neighbours, Elmina runs about middling and about as wet in December. Cape Coast, 12 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
December in Elmina, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 1° warmer, 51 mm less rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape CoastCentral | 12 km E | 32° | 24° | 27 mm |
| SaltpondCentral | 35 km ENE | 32° | 24° | 24 mm |
| Shama JunctionWestern | 35 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 42 mm |
| MankesimCentral | 43 km ENE | 32° | 24° | 27 mm |
| SekondiWestern | 44 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 42 mm |
| Sekondi-TakoradiWestern | 48 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 44 mm |
| TakoradiWestern | 50 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 41 mm |
| Twifu PrasoCentral | 63 km NNW | 32° | 24° | 38 mm |