Elmina Weather in May
Elmina in May
The short of it: Elmina in May averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 211 mm (8.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 24° · rain 211 mm · daylight 12 h 21 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & January
May in Elmina brings afternoons near 31° and nights around 24°, with about 211 mm of rain over the month. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 211 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 21 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 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 May. Cape Coast, 12 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Elmina, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 113 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape CoastCentral | 12 km E | 31° | 24° | 206 mm |
| SaltpondCentral | 35 km ENE | 32° | 24° | 194 mm |
| Shama JunctionWestern | 35 km WSW | 31° | 24° | 230 mm |
| MankesimCentral | 43 km ENE | 32° | 25° | 193 mm |
| SekondiWestern | 44 km WSW | 31° | 24° | 242 mm |
| Sekondi-TakoradiWestern | 48 km WSW | 31° | 24° | 247 mm |
| TakoradiWestern | 50 km WSW | 31° | 24° | 246 mm |
| Twifu PrasoCentral | 63 km NNW | 32° | 24° | 189 mm |