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Rain forecast · Ghana

Will it rain today in Accra?

Should you take an umbrella in Accra? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

It is raining in Accra right now: light rain. Today’s total: 1.4 mm over 9 wet hours. Tomorrow: 1.2 mm of rain.

Rain now0.1 mm/hlight · rain
Next rainnowToday
Today1.4 mm9 wet hours
Tomorrow1.2 mm3 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

1.4 mm of rain, 9 wet hours, up to 0.1 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
09:00–12:000.10dry
12:00–15:000.20.1dry
15:00–18:000.40.1light · rain
18:00–21:000.30.1light · rain
21:00–00:000.40.1light · rain

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

1.2 mm of rain, 3 wet hours, up to 0.1 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
00:00–03:000.20.1dry
03:00–06:000.20.1dry
06:00–09:0000dry
09:00–12:000.10dry
12:00–15:000.20.1dry
15:00–18:000.30.1light · rain
18:00–21:000.20.1dry
21:00–00:000.10dry

Times in local time (Africa/Accra). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Accra

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Accra

How much it rains in Accra, month by month

Accra gets about 1,167 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is June (197 mm), the driest January (22 mm); a normal October brings 148 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Accra?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: It is raining in Accra right now: light rain. Today’s total: 1.4 mm over 9 wet hours. Tomorrow: 1.2 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Accra?
About 1,167 mm a year on average (2001–2025). June is the wettest month with 197 mm, January the driest with 22 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Accra.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Accra and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.