Cape Coast
City in Ghana: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Cape Coast is a city in Ghana, in Central. About 212,426 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Ghana in our atlas.
It lies at 5.11° N, 1.25° W, about 21 m (69 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Accra time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cape Coast. Green dots: other major cities of Ghana. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cape Coast has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (72°F). Around 1,406 mm (55 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Sekondi · 55 km
- Sekondi-Takoradi · 60 km
- Takoradi · 61 km
- Atsiaman · 121 km
- Accra · 126 km
- Obuase · 130 km
- Ashaiman · 149 km
- Tema · 150 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2302357 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q221283 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.