Bimbilla climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bimbilla?

Bimbilla has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bimbilla?

The hottest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1981, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bimbilla?

The coldest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 2003, at 14.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bimbilla?

Almost never: Bimbilla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bimbilla warmed?

Yes: Bimbilla warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bimbilla?

The wettest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1943, with 265 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bimbilla?

The windiest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1964, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bimbilla?

The warmest month in Bimbilla is March (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bimbilla?

Bimbilla receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bimbilla?

Bimbilla gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bimbilla (Ghana) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (29.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Bimbilla averages 0 frost days, 268 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

Bimbilla has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 25 February 1981) and the coldest 14.7 °C (on 9 December 2003).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BimbillaNorthern

coords: 8.85°, 0.06°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.0°C

Average daily high

32.1°C

Average daily low

22.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,390mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

11.4km/h

Seasonal range

4.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

268 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.7 °C

Average feels-like low

25.8 °C

Average peak gust

27.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

337 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.0 °C

25 February 1981

Coldest day

14.7 °C

9 December 2003

Wettest day

265 mm

21 May 1943

Windiest day

22.0 km/h

11 March 1964

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

3 March 1983

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

31 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.8 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.7 °C3 March 2025	18.6 °C20 January 2025	27.9 °C	1,033 mm	289
2024	38.9 °C10 March 2024	18.7 °C13 December 2024	28.2 °C	1,198 mm	302
2023	38.8 °C26 February 2023	18.6 °C27 December 2023	27.9 °C	1,767 mm	302
2022	38.0 °C18 February 2022	17.7 °C16 November 2022	27.5 °C	1,481 mm	272
2021	39.8 °C2 March 2021	18.8 °C15 January 2021	28.2 °C	1,156 mm	311
2020	39.1 °C29 February 2020	17.1 °C3 January 2020	28.0 °C	1,134 mm	279
2019	38.7 °C29 March 2019	18.8 °C23 January 2019	28.0 °C	1,586 mm	294
2018	38.5 °C19 February 2018	16.8 °C20 January 2018	27.6 °C	1,794 mm	291
2017	38.8 °C16 March 2017	18.4 °C11 January 2017	28.0 °C	1,246 mm	294
2016	38.9 °C25 February 2016	19.2 °C11 January 2016	27.8 °C	1,735 mm	289
2015	38.0 °C16 March 2015	17.7 °C6 January 2015	27.7 °C	1,090 mm	309
2014	37.9 °C8 March 2014	18.4 °C27 December 2014	27.5 °C	1,347 mm	288
2013	39.1 °C23 February 2013	17.7 °C7 December 2013	27.3 °C	1,252 mm	282
2012	37.2 °C5 February 2012	15.7 °C18 January 2012	27.2 °C	1,394 mm	278
2011	37.8 °C28 January 2011	16.8 °C3 December 2011	27.5 °C	1,170 mm	297
2010	38.4 °C30 January 2010	17.3 °C12 December 2010	27.7 °C	1,294 mm	298
2009	38.5 °C10 February 2009	17.0 °C27 December 2009	27.4 °C	1,199 mm	281
2008	38.1 °C7 March 2008	17.2 °C8 January 2008	27.4 °C	1,226 mm	293
2007	38.0 °C6 March 2007	17.8 °C5 January 2007	27.3 °C	1,398 mm	286
2006	37.3 °C12 February 2006	16.6 °C29 November 2006	27.3 °C	1,176 mm	280
2005	37.1 °C10 March 2005	17.8 °C24 December 2005	27.2 °C	1,212 mm	261
2004	36.8 °C5 May 2004	18.3 °C20 December 2004	27.1 °C	1,154 mm	272
2003	38.3 °C17 March 2003	14.7 °C9 December 2003	27.2 °C	1,480 mm	263
2002	38.2 °C24 February 2002	15.0 °C28 December 2002	27.2 °C	1,357 mm	268
2001	38.9 °C3 March 2001	17.0 °C4 January 2001	27.4 °C	928 mm	282
2000	39.0 °C6 March 2000	17.8 °C20 December 2000	27.1 °C	1,410 mm	276
1999	38.7 °C17 March 1999	16.4 °C15 December 1999	26.7 °C	1,853 mm	252
1998	39.3 °C8 February 1998	18.0 °C18 December 1998	27.7 °C	1,396 mm	278
1997	38.9 °C11 March 1997	17.3 °C27 December 1997	27.2 °C	1,404 mm	281
1996	36.7 °C10 February 1996	17.3 °C3 January 1996	27.0 °C	1,413 mm	254
1995	38.4 °C8 March 1995	15.7 °C22 November 1995	27.0 °C	1,654 mm	273
1994	38.2 °C9 March 1994	16.4 °C17 January 1994	27.1 °C	1,522 mm	261
1993	38.2 °C27 February 1993	16.8 °C15 December 1993	26.9 °C	1,596 mm	273
1992	38.2 °C15 March 1992	16.9 °C5 January 1992	26.8 °C	1,405 mm	258
1991	38.3 °C24 February 1991	16.8 °C2 January 1991	26.7 °C	1,813 mm	252
1990	39.2 °C28 March 1990	16.0 °C28 December 1990	27.1 °C	1,391 mm	265
1989	38.8 °C4 March 1989	17.4 °C3 January 1989	27.0 °C	1,621 mm	279
1988	39.1 °C28 February 1988	17.9 °C24 December 1988	27.2 °C	1,764 mm	276
1987	39.4 °C8 March 1987	16.5 °C19 December 1987	27.8 °C	1,462 mm	300
1986	37.7 °C24 February 1986	17.3 °C11 January 1986	26.8 °C	1,480 mm	265
1985	38.8 °C8 March 1985	17.5 °C16 December 1985	26.8 °C	1,692 mm	262
1984	38.4 °C20 February 1984	16.1 °C23 December 1984	27.1 °C	1,428 mm	295
1983	39.8 °C25 March 1983	18.5 °C31 December 1983	27.5 °C	1,122 mm	280
1982	38.2 °C5 February 1982	15.7 °C5 December 1982	26.8 °C	1,440 mm	275
1981	40.0 °C25 February 1981	18.1 °C1 December 1981	27.1 °C	1,484 mm	282
1980	38.8 °C23 March 1980	16.6 °C20 December 1980	27.1 °C	1,775 mm	276
1979	36.7 °C6 February 1979	17.4 °C19 December 1979	26.7 °C	1,623 mm	259
1978	37.6 °C12 February 1978	17.4 °C3 January 1978	26.5 °C	1,464 mm	248
1977	38.6 °C12 April 1977	17.2 °C2 November 1977	27.0 °C	1,201 mm	276
1976	38.3 °C5 April 1976	15.6 °C2 December 1976	26.1 °C	1,508 mm	220
1975	39.0 °C12 March 1975	17.3 °C18 January 1975	26.1 °C	1,376 mm	236
1974	38.1 °C27 February 1974	15.9 °C6 December 1974	26.4 °C	1,232 mm	240
1973	39.7 °C12 March 1973	16.8 °C29 November 1973	27.0 °C	1,394 mm	276
1972	38.4 °C6 March 1972	17.2 °C18 December 1972	26.7 °C	1,522 mm	256
1971	37.9 °C13 March 1971	16.2 °C28 December 1971	26.3 °C	1,748 mm	258
1970	37.7 °C18 February 1970	16.6 °C6 December 1970	26.8 °C	1,574 mm	271
1969	38.9 °C16 March 1969	16.7 °C27 November 1969	26.7 °C	1,629 mm	250
1968	37.0 °C1 March 1968	16.3 °C21 January 1968	26.2 °C	2,028 mm	255
1967	37.8 °C15 March 1967	16.7 °C12 January 1967	26.0 °C	1,553 mm	225
1966	39.2 °C16 March 1966	15.8 °C24 December 1966	26.7 °C	1,313 mm	281
1965	38.5 °C12 March 1965	16.1 °C6 December 1965	26.5 °C	1,365 mm	262
1964	39.2 °C9 March 1964	17.3 °C28 November 1964	26.8 °C	1,125 mm	268
1963	37.8 °C1 April 1963	15.1 °C9 December 1963	26.4 °C	1,518 mm	256
1962	38.4 °C11 February 1962	15.0 °C8 January 1962	26.1 °C	1,492 mm	222
1961	38.2 °C8 March 1961	15.6 °C15 December 1961	26.5 °C	1,041 mm	264
1960	38.3 °C13 March 1960	17.4 °C8 February 1960	26.5 °C	1,641 mm	252
1959	37.8 °C11 March 1959	17.1 °C28 January 1959	26.4 °C	1,475 mm	262
1958	37.9 °C13 March 1958	17.0 °C4 January 1958	26.8 °C	950 mm	258
1957	37.3 °C19 February 1957	15.1 °C9 January 1957	25.6 °C	1,794 mm	201
1956	37.5 °C16 February 1956	15.7 °C7 January 1956	26.1 °C	1,174 mm	244
1955	37.3 °C3 April 1955	15.9 °C6 January 1955	26.0 °C	1,466 mm	227
1954	38.3 °C6 March 1954	17.2 °C2 January 1954	26.4 °C	1,126 mm	241
1953	38.1 °C31 March 1953	17.1 °C9 December 1953	26.6 °C	1,124 mm	244
1952	38.3 °C29 March 1952	15.9 °C3 December 1952	26.4 °C	1,289 mm	258
1951	37.8 °C13 March 1951	16.5 °C28 December 1951	26.3 °C	1,455 mm	257
1950	39.0 °C17 March 1950	17.3 °C13 February 1950	26.1 °C	1,427 mm	231
1949	38.6 °C16 February 1949	16.2 °C20 December 1949	26.6 °C	1,331 mm	272
1948	37.9 °C27 March 1948	16.9 °C15 December 1948	26.3 °C	1,143 mm	252
1947	39.0 °C24 March 1947	17.5 °C23 January 1947	26.7 °C	1,339 mm	254
1946	38.7 °C23 February 1946	15.4 °C14 December 1946	26.6 °C	961 mm	277
1945	39.1 °C10 April 1945	16.9 °C19 January 1945	26.6 °C	1,154 mm	268
1944	37.9 °C25 February 1944	16.4 °C12 December 1944	26.5 °C	1,410 mm	256
1943	39.6 °C1 March 1943	16.6 °C6 January 1943	26.1 °C	1,433 mm	232
1942	38.3 °C18 March 1942	16.4 °C29 January 1942	26.8 °C	1,119 mm	287
1941	38.3 °C28 March 1941	16.6 °C31 December 1941	26.9 °C	1,070 mm	285
1940	37.3 °C19 February 1940	16.4 °C9 February 1940	26.6 °C	996 mm	275

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.9 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

289 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1034 mm

-357 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.6 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Feb	36.5 °C	+0.9 °C	8 mm	-10 mm
Mar	36.2 °C	+0.7 °C	33 mm	-29 mm
Apr	35.0 °C	+0.9 °C	54 mm	-36 mm
May	33.1 °C	+0.5 °C	88 mm	-25 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+0.5 °C	97 mm	-38 mm
Jul	29.2 °C	+0.5 °C	156 mm	-48 mm
Aug	28.4 °C	+0.1 °C	166 mm	-87 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+0.7 °C	238 mm	-46 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+0.8 °C	160 mm	-21 mm
Nov	34.1 °C	+1.4 °C	27 mm	-9 mm
Dec	34.8 °C	+1.4 °C	8 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.7 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest day

18.6 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

45.8 mm

13 Sep 2025

Windiest day

18.9 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

41.0 km/h

30 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

9 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.6 °C

20 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bimbilla?

Bimbilla has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bimbilla?

The hottest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1981, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bimbilla?

The coldest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 2003, at 14.7 °C.

Does it snow in Bimbilla?

Almost never: Bimbilla sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bimbilla warmed?

Yes: Bimbilla warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bimbilla?

The wettest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1943, with 265 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bimbilla?

The windiest day measured in Bimbilla between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1964, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bimbilla?

The warmest month in Bimbilla is March (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Bimbilla?

Bimbilla receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bimbilla?

Bimbilla gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bimbilla?

Yes: Bimbilla has on average 337 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bimbilla?

In Bimbilla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 31 March 2024, and the lowest was 10.8 °C on 9 January 1957.

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