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The climate of Ghana is tropical. [1] The eastern coastal belt is warm and comparatively dry, the south-west corner of Ghana is hot and humid, and the north of Ghana is hot and dry. [2] Ghana is located on the Gulf of Guinea, only a few degrees north of the Equator, giving it a warm climate. [3]
The climate of Ghana is tropical, and there is wet season and dry season. [72] Ghana sits at the intersection of three hydro-climatic zones. [73] Changes in rainfall, weather conditions and sea-level rise affect the salinity of coastal waters. This is expected to negatively affect both farming and fisheries. [74]
Climate change in Ghana is impacting the people in Ghana in several ways as the country sits at the intersection of three hydro-climatic zones. [1] Changes in rainfall, weather conditions and sea-level rise [2] will affect the salinity of coastal waters. This is expected to negatively affect both farming and fisheries. [3]
Ghana's development—both human and economic—is susceptible to climate change. Around 45,000 Ghanaians are impacted by flooding annually on average, and half of the country's coastline is at risk of erosion and flooding due to sea level rise.
A Köppen climate classification map of Ghana. Ghana's topography. Ghana is characterized in general by low physical relief. The Precambrian rock system that underlies most of the nation has been worn down by erosion almost to a plain. [1] The highest elevation in Ghana, Mount Afadja in the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, rises 880 metres (2,890 ft) above ...
The Ashanti Region accounted for 21% of total national output of Ghana in 2014, of which 48% was situated in the city of Kumasi alone. This makes the city an economic centre in the country. [37]: 9 Much of the city's wealth is derived from being the middle point of many of Ghana's main roads, along with cacao farming in the hinterland.
Ghana is a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and has signed and ratified the Paris Agreement.In 2023, the Ghana Finance minister, Ken Ofori Atta informed the public that the Ministry of Finance is setting up a climate financing division to support climate finance in the country.
Ho, along with the municipality, has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw), with a wet season and a dry season and the temperature relatively being hot year-round. The yearly mean temperature usually ranges from 16.5 to 37.8 °C (61.7 to 100.0 °F) while the mean monthly temperature is between 22 and 32 °C (72 and 90 °F).