Tamale
City in Ghana: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Road, Tamale: ARC - The Alliance of Religions and Conservation, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tamale is a city in Ghana, in Northern. About 464,316 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Ghana in our atlas.
It lies at 9.40° N, 0.84° W, about 196 m (643 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Accra time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tamale. Green dots: other major cities of Ghana. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tamale has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 1,076 mm (42 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in GhanaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kumasi · 313 km
- Obuase · 366 km
- Koforidua · 373 km
- Atsiaman · 415 km
- Ashaiman · 420 km
- Tema · 424 km
- Accra · 433 km
- Cape Coast · 479 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2294877 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q217040 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Road, Tamale: ARC - The Alliance of Religions and Conservation, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dagbani special characters and diagraphs: Masssly, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
