Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Tema is from January, July, August. — consistent weather climate
🌡Hot & dry
| Score | 86 | 79 | 75 | 67 | 65 | 66 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 73 | 75 | 83 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Hot & dry | Hot & dry | Hot & dry | Hot & dry | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Pleasant | Pleasant | Hot & dry | Hot & dry | Hot & dry | Hot & dry |
| Temperature | 25–31°C | 26–32°C | 26–31°C | 26–31°C | 26–30°C | 24–28°C | 24–27°C | 23–27°C | 24–28°C | 24–29°C | 25–30°C | 25–31°C |
| Feels like | 29–35°C | 31–36°C | 31–36°C | 31–36°C | 31–36°C | 29–33°C | 27–31°C | 26–30°C | 27–32°C | 29–34°C | 30–36°C | 30–35°C |
| Precipitation | 10mm 3 days | 17mm 4 days | 36mm 6 days | 78mm 9 days | 113mm 15 days | 170mm 22 days | 66mm 14 days | 46mm 12 days | 71mm 15 days | 97mm 15 days | 39mm 9 days | 17mm 5 days |
| Sunshine | 10.2h ☀︎ 87% | 10.4h ☀︎ 87% | 8.2h ☀︎ 68% | 8.3h ☀︎ 67% | 8.7h ☀︎ 70% | 6.5h ☀︎ 52% | 8.4h ☀︎ 68% | 8.2h ☀︎ 67% | 8.5h ☀︎ 70% | 9.7h ☀︎ 81% | 10.6h ☀︎ 89% | 10.5h ☀︎ 89% |
| Wind | SW · 18 km/h | SW · 20 km/h | SW · 21 km/h | SW · 20 km/h | SW · 19 km/h | SW · 18 km/h | SW · 21 km/h | SW · 22 km/h | SW · 20 km/h | SW · 18 km/h | SW · 17 km/h | SW · 17 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 78% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 82% | 85% | 86% | 86% | 85% | 85% | 81% | 77% |
| Day length | 11.8h | 11.9h | 12.1h | 12.2h | 12.4h | 12.4h | 12.4h | 12.3h | 12.1h | 12.0h | 11.9h | 11.8h |
Celebrated by the Ga people in August and September, Homowo is a harvest thanksgiving festival marked by processions, dr…
Tema makes complete sense only when the Atlantic air clears and the equatorial humidity relents: January delivers the Harbour City at its sharpest and most comfortable, right after the holiday rush evaporates.
Tema is not Accra's sleepy appendix; it is West Africa’s grand mid-century social experiment, carved out of an Atlantic fishing shore by Kwame Nkrumah and planner Theodore S. Clerk. Laid out on a strict grid of numbered residential communities feeding into an enormous industrial port on the Bight of Benin, it is a city of functional modernist ambition where the Greenwich Meridian slices straight through the asphalt. Visiting here is an architectural and maritime pilgrimage, but equatorial heat and coastal moisture can turn its wide avenues into open-air ovens if you arrive during the wrong turn of the monsoon.
January is the undisputed sweet spot in Tema. The frenzied homecoming traffic that clogs the coastal corridor in December drops off sharply, yet the dry, sun-drenched weather holds firm. Morning breezes sweeping off the Atlantic Ocean carry a faint dusting of dry Sahelian air, muting the coastal humidity just enough that walking the planned pathways of Community 1 or looking out across Tema Harbour does not instantly drench you in sweat. With ten hours of daily sunshine and almost negligible rain, the city’s post-colonial geometry feels crisp, open, and remarkably navigable.
By February, the atmosphere thickens. Temperatures begin their slow upward crawl, and apparent temperatures regularly push well into the mid-thirties by midday. Crowds pick up along the arterial roads connecting to the capital, and the breeze loses its dry edge. You can still spend productive afternoons outdoors surveying the maritime docks or tracking down the monument at the Greenwich Meridian, but you will find yourself ducking into shaded porticos by two in the afternoon.
March through June is the period that tests Tema’s patience. March opens with heavy, sullen heat that pins the port in suffocating humidity. By April and May, the skies break open. The rains here do not arrive as polite maritime mists; they hit in forceful, churning downpours that turn drainage channels into roaring conduits and bring traffic along the Harbour road to a sodden crawl.
June is the wettest and most difficult month of the entire calendar. Rainfall peaks dramatically, cloud cover drapes the coastline in flat grey light, and the city’s concrete architecture takes on a damp, weathered patina. While ambient temperatures drop into the upper twenties, the relentless moisture means clothes never quite dry and outdoor exploring between Community 2 and the seafront becomes an exercise in dodging squalls. If you come during these months, your plans will revolve around the whims of coastal thunderstorms.
In July, something dramatic happens along the Bight of Benin: an upwelling of cold ocean water pulls the thermometer down. July and August are the coolest months of the year, with daytime highs rarely topping twenty-seven degrees and a brisk, overcast wind blowing off the water. The humidity drops to manageable levels, rain tapers to a gentle, intermittent scatter, and the entire metropolitan district suddenly becomes pleasant for foot travel.
August and September bring the cultural crescendo of the Ga people: the Homowo festival. Ga neighborhoods around Tema erupt into energetic processions, echoing with traditional drumming and the ritual sprinkling of kpokpoi to mock historic famine and celebrate the harvest. September sees the crowds swell and temperatures creep back upward, but the combination of festival energy and mild, overcast afternoons makes late summer an unexpectedly rewarding window for anyone wanting to see the living culture behind Tema’s industrial facade.
October acts as a brief, wet transition, bringing a secondary burst of short rains and climbing heat before the skies seal shut for the winter dry season. By November, the rain vanishes almost entirely and the sunshine returns in full force, triggering the start of the high season. November sees visitor numbers spike to their absolute annual peak as the global diaspora begins streaming into the Greater Accra metropolis.
December is brilliant, vibrant, and utterly relentless. The city hums with round-the-clock activity, night markets spill over their curbs, and social life dominates the numbered communities until dawn. The weather itself is stellar—sunlit, breezy, and virtually rainless. But you will pay for that perfection in thick traffic, packed venues, and relentless bustle. If you want the pristine dry-season skies without fighting the holiday crush for every patch of sidewalk, let December pass and take January instead.