When to go · Ghana
Ghana in June
Avoid month. The wettest month in Accra: street flooding and slow roads.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Avoid
- Crowds
- Low
- Ghana
- Prices
- Low
- Ghana
Verdict
The wettest month in Accra: street flooding and slow roads.
Weather in June
- Coast · Accra, Cape Coast, Elmina, Busua, Adarainy
Two rainy seasons: the long one peaks in June, a shorter one in October. July–August is often a cooler, drier spell on the coast.
- Forest belt and Volta hills · Kumasi, Kakum, Ho, Wli, Lake Voltarainy
Wetter and greener than the coast; forest trails turn to mud in the rains and waterfalls are strongest Jun–Oct.
- Northern savanna · Tamale, Mole, Bolgatanga, Warainy
One rainy season (May–Oct). Mole's game gathers at waterholes Jan–Apr; March–April tops 40 °C and Harmattan dust dims December–February.
- Accra29° / 23°, 12 rain days
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
Moves yearly (lunar)
Public holidays; big prayers in Accra and the north.
Eid al-Fitr check
Islamic calendar, moves yearly · Accra
Public holiday; mosques busy.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Ghana
- Low
- Prices · Ghana
- Low
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
Where to go in June
Better another month
Heaviest rain.