GhanaIsland

Bobowasi Island

0.020 km² of land in the Gulf of Guinea.

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Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

0.020km²

Area

1km

Coastline

29°C

Warmest sea

May

When to go to Bobowasi Island

Best for the beach from March to July.

The sea is warmest in May (29 °C) and coolest in August (24 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

28°30°24°

Jan14

28°30°25°

Feb17

28°30°25°

Mar28

29°29°25°

Apr29

29°28°25°

May30

27°27°24°

Jun28

25°26°23°

Jul22

24°26°22°

Aug17

25°27°23°

Sep25

26°28°24°

Oct29

28°29°24°

Nov26

28°30°24°

Dec17

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Ghana

Bobowasi Island is an island in Ghana. It covers 0.020 km², with 1 km of coastline.

Getting there

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From March to Julybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 1 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Bobowasi Island0 km²

Alcatraz Island0 km²

0.1 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	30	30	30	29	28	27	26	26	27	28	29	30
Night low (°C)	24	25	25	25	25	24	23	22	23	24	24	24
Sea (°C)	28	28	28	29	29	27	25	24	25	26	28	28
Rain (mm)	40	65	126	167	232	277	116	52	103	174	99	51
Wet days	14	17	28	29	30	28	22	17	25	29	26	17
Sun h/day	6.0	5.4	5.7	6.0	5.4	3.8	3.6	3.2	3.3	4.8	6.1	6.1
Wind (km/h)	8	9	9	8	8	10	11	10	10	9	8	7

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+1.6	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.3	±0.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	±0.0
2021	−0.1	+0.8	−0.3	+0.4	−0.3	+0.9	+0.9	+1.3	+0.9	+1.3	+0.5	+0.8
2022	+1.1	+0.3	−0.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	±0.0	+0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+0.3
2023	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	+1.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.1	+1.3	+1.1	+0.5	+0.9
2024	+1.7	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.5	−0.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.5	+0.6
2025	+1.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.5	±0.0	−0.3	+0.3	+0.4	−0.1	+0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q732815) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons