Sekondi-Takoradi
City in Ghana: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sekondi-Takoradi Montage: Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana, in Western. About 138,872 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Ghana in our atlas.
It lies at 4.93° N, 1.76° W, about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Accra time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sekondi-Takoradi. Green dots: other major cities of Ghana. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sekondi-Takoradi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (71°F). Around 1,486 mm (59 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.
What to eat in GhanaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Takoradi · 3 km
- Sekondi · 5 km
- Cape Coast · 60 km
- Obuase · 142 km
- Atsiaman · 180 km
- Accra · 186 km
- Kumasi · 196 km
- Ashaiman · 209 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2295458 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q243293 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sekondi-Takoradi Montage: Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)