Obuase
City in Ghana: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tutuka: Kobebigs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Obuase is a city in Ghana, in Ashanti. About 179,604 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Ghana in our atlas.
It lies at 6.20° N, 1.67° W, about 215 m (705 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Accra time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Obuase. Green dots: other major cities of Ghana. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Obuase has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 20°C (68°F). Around 1,558 mm (61 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
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.
What to eat in GhanaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kumasi · 54 km
- Cape Coast · 130 km
- Sekondi · 141 km
- Sekondi-Takoradi · 142 km
- Takoradi · 145 km
- Koforidua · 156 km
- Atsiaman · 158 km
- Accra · 177 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2296606 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1020901 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tutuka: Kobebigs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)