Det sker i Cape Coast, Ghana året igennem

Travlt — December on the coast, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Harmattan haze (1. dec. – 15. feb. (normalt)), December on the coast (15. dec. – 5. jan.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Harmattan haze (1. dec. – 15. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Independence Day, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  6. mar.National helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  The 6 March holiday closes offices and banks nationwide. The castle takes a day of Ghanaian school groups and families up from Accra rather than the usual foreign visitors, which is a better day to see it than a quiet one. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Easter weekend

  3.–6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukninger

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays and Easter is one of Ghana's biggest travel weekends: churches hold processions and all-night services, buses and tro-tros out of the cities fill, and holiday spots and beaches are packed. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Easter weekend, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Easter weekend (3.–6. apr.)

Travlt — Aboakyer deer hunt, Winneba, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Aboakyer deer hunt, Winneba

  1.–8. maj · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  On the first Saturday of May two Asafo companies race to catch a live bushbuck with bare hands for the Effutu god; Winneba is about an hour and a half east along the coast road. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Major rainy season floods

  15. maj – 15. jul. · normaltOversvømmelsessæson

  The heaviest rains of the year fall in May and June; Cape Coast was the worst-hit town in the Central Region floods of June 2026, with drowned roads and collapsed buildings. Kilde ↗

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Major rainy season floods (15. maj – 15. jul. (normalt))

Travlt — PANAFEST and Emancipation Day, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  PANAFEST and Emancipation Day

  20. jul. – 2. aug. · normaltStor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  The pan-African festival built around Emancipation Day on 1 August, centred on Cape Coast and Elmina castles with the wreath-laying at Assin Manso. Rooms in town go months ahead when the diaspora programme is on. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Major rainy season floods (15. maj – 15. jul. (normalt))

Tætpakket — PANAFEST and Emancipation Day, Fetu Afahye

• Festival

  Fetu Afahye

  28. aug. – 8. sep. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  The Oguaa year's big durbar, held on the first Saturday of September: the Asafo companies through the streets, the chiefs in state, and a ban on drumming and fishing in the week that leads up to it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: PANAFEST and Emancipation Day (20. jul. – 2. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Fetu Afahye, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Fetu Afahye (28. aug. – 8. sep. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Travlt — December on the coast, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Harmattan haze

  1. dec. – 15. feb. · normaltStøvsæson

  The coast gets a diluted version of the northern harmattan: a milky sky, dry skin and dust on the castle whitewash. Strength varies a lot from one December to the next. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  December on the coast

  15. dec. – 5. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  The diaspora December that fills Accra reaches the coast as well. The castles, Kakum and the beach hotels between Elmina and Anomabo are at their busiest and dearest, and the road down from Accra is slow all fortnight. Kilde ↗