Dambai climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dambai?

Dambai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,141 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1983, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dambai?

The coldest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 15.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dambai?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dambai warmed?

Yes: Dambai warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dambai?

The wettest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1996, with 185 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dambai?

The windiest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1964, with winds reaching 19.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dambai?

The warmest month in Dambai is March (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dambai?

Dambai receives on average 1,141 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 168 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dambai?

Dambai gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dambai (Ghana) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,141 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Dambai averages 0 frost days, 244 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 168 rainy days per year.

Dambai has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 7 March 1983) and the coldest 15.7 °C (on 9 January 1957).

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

DambaiOti

coords: 8.07°, 0.18°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

31.3°C

Average daily low

23.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,141mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

4.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

244 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

168 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

27.8 °C

Average peak gust

26.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

359 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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

39.4 °C

7 March 1983

Coldest day

15.7 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

185 mm

17 August 1996

Windiest day

19.4 km/h

11 March 1964

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

3 March 1983

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

16 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

13.4 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.6 °C5 February 2025	20.8 °C12 January 2025	28.2 °C	831 mm	274
2024	38.9 °C12 February 2024	20.0 °C21 December 2024	28.6 °C	1,034 mm	283
2023	38.3 °C1 February 2023	19.7 °C1 January 2023	28.2 °C	1,408 mm	283
2022	37.8 °C10 January 2022	20.4 °C31 December 2022	27.9 °C	1,465 mm	257
2021	38.5 °C2 March 2021	21.7 °C26 June 2021	28.5 °C	1,109 mm	303
2020	39.2 °C29 February 2020	18.0 °C3 January 2020	28.2 °C	886 mm	273
2019	38.1 °C10 February 2019	20.0 °C31 December 2019	28.2 °C	1,715 mm	266
2018	38.0 °C14 February 2018	19.7 °C14 January 2018	27.9 °C	1,342 mm	271
2017	38.0 °C15 March 2017	20.5 °C24 December 2017	28.1 °C	1,191 mm	279
2016	37.7 °C6 February 2016	20.5 °C5 January 2016	28.0 °C	1,492 mm	273
2015	38.0 °C1 March 2015	17.5 °C6 January 2015	27.8 °C	855 mm	290
2014	36.4 °C12 April 2014	19.3 °C27 December 2014	27.6 °C	1,075 mm	266
2013	37.9 °C5 February 2013	19.6 °C19 December 2013	27.6 °C	1,088 mm	263
2012	36.3 °C1 April 2012	18.9 °C8 January 2012	27.4 °C	1,116 mm	263
2011	37.3 °C6 April 2011	19.6 °C31 December 2011	27.6 °C	1,167 mm	277
2010	38.2 °C30 January 2010	20.5 °C12 December 2010	28.1 °C	1,206 mm	287
2009	37.2 °C10 February 2009	19.7 °C24 January 2009	27.8 °C	876 mm	274
2008	36.7 °C18 February 2008	18.5 °C8 January 2008	27.6 °C	1,035 mm	274
2007	38.3 °C6 March 2007	19.0 °C14 January 2007	27.6 °C	1,352 mm	270
2006	36.1 °C25 January 2006	19.8 °C6 December 2006	27.6 °C	1,158 mm	258
2005	35.9 °C5 February 2005	18.3 °C10 January 2005	27.5 °C	950 mm	241
2004	36.0 °C5 May 2004	19.9 °C4 February 2004	27.4 °C	962 mm	251
2003	35.9 °C10 January 2003	18.4 °C9 December 2003	27.5 °C	1,238 mm	252
2002	37.5 °C24 February 2002	16.9 °C27 December 2002	27.5 °C	997 mm	247
2001	37.3 °C20 February 2001	19.8 °C13 February 2001	27.5 °C	650 mm	255
2000	38.4 °C12 March 2000	19.4 °C2 February 2000	27.4 °C	975 mm	247
1999	36.5 °C5 February 1999	19.9 °C15 December 1999	27.0 °C	1,693 mm	234
1998	38.4 °C26 February 1998	19.2 °C16 December 1998	27.9 °C	980 mm	260
1997	37.2 °C20 February 1997	17.8 °C27 December 1997	27.4 °C	1,093 mm	262
1996	35.9 °C9 March 1996	21.6 °C16 August 1996	27.3 °C	1,417 mm	242
1995	37.9 °C15 February 1995	18.9 °C7 January 1995	27.3 °C	1,404 mm	247
1994	36.2 °C6 February 1994	18.0 °C16 January 1994	27.2 °C	1,183 mm	241
1993	37.3 °C16 April 1993	17.8 °C7 January 1993	27.2 °C	1,112 mm	262
1992	37.2 °C17 March 1992	17.2 °C5 January 1992	27.0 °C	1,091 mm	239
1991	36.1 °C24 February 1991	17.5 °C24 December 1991	26.9 °C	1,507 mm	223
1990	38.4 °C24 March 1990	19.7 °C31 December 1990	27.3 °C	1,226 mm	251
1989	37.1 °C17 February 1989	17.1 °C3 January 1989	27.1 °C	1,370 mm	265
1988	38.3 °C20 February 1988	17.9 °C24 December 1988	27.4 °C	1,432 mm	264
1987	37.4 °C24 January 1987	20.8 °C30 December 1987	27.9 °C	1,256 mm	298
1986	37.2 °C27 April 1986	18.2 °C20 December 1986	27.0 °C	1,083 mm	257
1985	38.1 °C26 February 1985	17.7 °C16 December 1985	27.0 °C	1,611 mm	253
1984	37.6 °C20 February 1984	19.9 °C24 January 1984	27.5 °C	974 mm	277
1983	39.4 °C7 March 1983	19.2 °C8 January 1983	27.6 °C	746 mm	265
1982	36.9 °C5 February 1982	18.2 °C10 January 1982	27.0 °C	1,050 mm	250
1981	38.8 °C18 April 1981	18.9 °C3 January 1981	27.3 °C	1,068 mm	262
1980	37.2 °C30 March 1980	17.5 °C20 December 1980	27.2 °C	1,312 mm	259
1979	36.2 °C19 February 1979	19.0 °C11 December 1979	27.0 °C	1,419 mm	235
1978	36.7 °C12 February 1978	19.6 °C11 January 1978	26.8 °C	1,437 mm	233
1977	37.2 °C12 April 1977	18.0 °C28 December 1977	27.2 °C	1,062 mm	241
1976	35.8 °C5 April 1976	17.7 °C22 January 1976	26.3 °C	1,237 mm	206
1975	36.3 °C12 March 1975	18.2 °C18 January 1975	26.5 °C	1,074 mm	213
1974	35.9 °C26 February 1974	18.8 °C10 January 1974	26.6 °C	1,210 mm	215
1973	38.0 °C12 March 1973	18.5 °C2 December 1973	27.3 °C	1,074 mm	258
1972	36.6 °C2 February 1972	19.9 °C16 December 1972	27.0 °C	1,235 mm	239
1971	36.0 °C13 March 1971	17.8 °C28 December 1971	26.5 °C	1,525 mm	236
1970	36.3 °C24 February 1970	18.9 °C11 December 1970	27.0 °C	1,203 mm	245
1969	36.7 °C11 February 1969	19.9 °C29 January 1969	27.0 °C	1,123 mm	228
1968	35.8 °C1 March 1968	17.0 °C18 January 1968	26.5 °C	1,742 mm	232
1967	35.8 °C15 March 1967	17.8 °C4 January 1967	26.4 °C	1,099 mm	211
1966	37.8 °C2 March 1966	17.7 °C3 January 1966	27.1 °C	880 mm	256
1965	36.1 °C12 March 1965	18.0 °C22 December 1965	26.7 °C	913 mm	228
1964	38.1 °C12 February 1964	17.9 °C13 January 1964	26.7 °C	870 mm	214
1963	35.3 °C1 February 1963	19.1 °C25 December 1963	26.6 °C	1,328 mm	216
1962	37.9 °C3 February 1962	18.2 °C8 February 1962	26.3 °C	1,446 mm	189
1961	37.8 °C28 February 1961	16.7 °C14 February 1961	26.7 °C	911 mm	238
1960	36.5 °C17 January 1960	18.1 °C3 January 1960	26.6 °C	1,172 mm	217
1959	36.6 °C14 January 1959	17.7 °C25 January 1959	26.6 °C	1,213 mm	221
1958	36.7 °C10 February 1958	18.6 °C3 January 1958	26.6 °C	954 mm	208
1957	35.8 °C20 February 1957	15.7 °C9 January 1957	25.8 °C	1,547 mm	161
1956	36.1 °C11 January 1956	18.1 °C19 December 1956	26.2 °C	1,006 mm	200
1955	35.7 °C15 January 1955	17.4 °C29 December 1955	26.2 °C	1,242 mm	206
1954	37.2 °C9 February 1954	20.2 °C1 January 1954	26.5 °C	943 mm	205
1953	36.4 °C3 April 1953	19.4 °C2 February 1953	26.6 °C	928 mm	213
1952	37.7 °C4 March 1952	17.9 °C2 January 1952	26.6 °C	1,040 mm	231
1951	35.6 °C27 January 1951	19.8 °C11 December 1951	26.5 °C	1,112 mm	210
1950	36.7 °C16 March 1950	19.0 °C15 January 1950	26.2 °C	1,013 mm	212
1949	36.1 °C26 January 1949	20.7 °C18 December 1949	26.6 °C	1,016 mm	225
1948	36.9 °C8 February 1948	18.5 °C4 February 1948	26.5 °C	981 mm	214
1947	38.3 °C30 January 1947	18.3 °C3 January 1947	26.7 °C	948 mm	226
1946	38.3 °C7 February 1946	17.2 °C1 January 1946	26.7 °C	751 mm	223
1945	38.3 °C6 April 1945	17.3 °C24 December 1945	26.7 °C	1,058 mm	242
1944	37.0 °C11 February 1944	18.8 °C31 January 1944	26.5 °C	1,178 mm	226
1943	37.7 °C26 February 1943	18.2 °C16 February 1943	26.2 °C	827 mm	209
1942	36.1 °C7 March 1942	18.9 °C28 January 1942	26.8 °C	852 mm	256
1941	36.4 °C14 February 1941	18.0 °C27 December 1941	26.8 °C	874 mm	241
1940	35.6 °C23 February 1940	20.9 °C15 January 1940	26.5 °C	849 mm	216

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.3 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

274 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

831 mm

-311 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.2 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
Feb	35.6 °C	+1.2 °C	10 mm	-9 mm
Mar	35.1 °C	+1.2 °C	8 mm	-42 mm
Apr	34.3 °C	+1.3 °C	33 mm	-30 mm
May	33.0 °C	+1.1 °C	53 mm	-30 mm
Jun	30.8 °C	+1.0 °C	152 mm	+34 mm
Jul	28.7 °C	+0.5 °C	151 mm	-20 mm
Aug	27.9 °C	0.0 °C	128 mm	-71 mm
Sep	29.5 °C	+0.9 °C	168 mm	-54 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+0.4 °C	107 mm	-46 mm
Nov	33.1 °C	+1.3 °C	16 mm	-27 mm
Dec	33.6 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.6 °C

5 Feb 2025

Coldest day

20.8 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

78.1 mm

4 Jun 2025

Windiest day

16.1 km/h

20 May 2025

Strongest gust

37.8 km/h

7 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

5 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dambai?

Dambai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,141 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dambai?

The hottest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1983, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dambai?

The coldest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 15.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dambai?

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

Has the climate of Dambai warmed?

Yes: Dambai warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dambai?

The wettest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1996, with 185 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dambai?

The windiest day measured in Dambai between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1964, with winds reaching 19.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dambai?

The warmest month in Dambai is March (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Dambai?

Dambai receives on average 1,141 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 168 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dambai?

Dambai gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dambai?

Yes: Dambai has on average 359 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dambai?

In Dambai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 16 March 2024, and the lowest was 13.4 °C on 9 January 1957.

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