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What grows in Tamale Metropolitan

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Map showing the boundary of Tamale Metropolitan

The 2027 season in Tamale Metropolitan

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedApril 2027 to November 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,026 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry — September looks short of rain. Plant at the early end of the window, favour quicker and more drought-tolerant crops, and keep moisture in the soil: mulch, and weed early.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.9 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supportsenough rain for one full main crop, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 82% of this area.
82% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 222 growing days · about 1,030 mm · April to November
18% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 223 growing days · about 1,040 mm · April to November

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Tamale Metropolitan

82% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 48 crops

18% sub-humid, warm — 48 crops

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

What grows in Tamale Metropolitan with irrigation

These need water applied — rain alone will not carry them here. The dates are the windows their own water supply allows.

What Divisi would not plant in Tamale Metropolitan

Every crop in the catalogue is scored against this district, not only the ones that work — so the list above is a decision rather than a shortlist. These are the rest, with what ruled each one out.

  • Sweet orange Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Sugarcane Moderate — Water
  • Taro Moderate — Water
  • Avocado Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Coconut Unsuitable
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Enset Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Swiss chard Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 26 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Tamale Metropolitan, and the map colours which kind of ground each part of it is. Your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates — the Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

What changed in Tamale Metropolitan

  • 2 September 2026 Sunflower — Planting window moved, now opens 30 Jun 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Cocoa — Planting window moved, now opens 16 May 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Spider Plant — Planting window moved, now opens 14 Aug 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Sorghum — Planting window moved, now opens 1 May 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Moringa — Planting window moved, now opens 16 May 2027

This calendar moves

Planting windows shift with the forecast. Leave your email and we'll send what changed, and a note when planting time nears — a couple of emails a month at most.

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Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Tamale Metropolitan?

African eggplant, African nightshade, Amaranth, Bambara groundnut, Carrot all rate well in Tamale Metropolitan — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant African eggplant in Tamale Metropolitan?

In Tamale Metropolitan the window for African eggplant runs 1 May 2027 to 19 Aug 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Tamale Metropolitan?

Divisi does. It reads Tamale Metropolitan's own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average, so the planting dates and crop shortlist on this page are the same ones the app works out for a field here — then dates each job for that field, and keeps working with no signal.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Tamale Metropolitan, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.

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The district's answer is one question. What each crop needs, what attacks it and where to sell it are the others.

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