Tamale weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Tamale is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with November and January close behind. Tamale averages about 2,500 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in December.

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Sun hours / year

2,500

Sunniest month

December

Peak score

84/100

Rain / year

1,076 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

464k

Elevation

165 m

When is the best time to visit Tamale?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tamale is December, then November and January. The dullest month is March (43/100, 41 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tamale?

Tamale gets a lot of sun: around 2,500 hours a year. December (84/100) is noticeably better than March (43). Tamale is the sunniest of the 5 destinations tracked in Ghana. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 51% of the annual 1,076 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Ouagadougou Burkina Faso · 319 km · best in Jan · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Kumasi Ghana · 326 km · best in Jan · 1,964 h sun/yr
• Lomé Togo · 443 km · best in Jan · 2,104 h sun/yr
• Accra Ghana · 446 km · best in Jan · 2,134 h sun/yr
• Cotonou Benin · 504 km · best in Jan · 1,921 h sun/yr
• Niamey Niger · 549 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Sunyani Ghana · 292 km · 1,985 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso · 419 km · 3,007 h sun/yr · best in Dec