Manhyia Palace
Official palace of the Asantehene, the king of the Ashanti people. The grounds include a museum with royal regalia and photographs that explain Ashanti history and traditions.
Kumasi
The Ashanti kingdom is centred here, and Kumasi is known for the huge Kejetia market, Kente weaving villages and Manhyia Palace.
Attractive locations
Kejetia Market
Sprawling open-air market in central Kumasi, with thousands of stalls selling cloth, food, crafts and household goods. It is crowded and loud, and shows the city's trading life at full speed.
Lake Bosumtwi
Crater lake south-east of Kumasi, ringed by forested hills and small villages. It is Ghana's only natural lake of this kind and is sacred to the Ashanti people.
Yaa Asantewaa Museum
Museum at Ejisu dedicated to Yaa Asantewaa, the queen mother who led an Ashanti uprising against British rule in 1900. It displays objects linked to her life and to Ashanti history.
Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary
Protected forest outside Kumasi that is home to many butterfly species. Walking trails lead through the trees, making it a quiet nature outing from the city.
Asante Traditional Buildings
Group of shrine houses with thatched roofs and decorated walls in villages near Kumasi, the last survivors of the traditional Asante style. Caretakers explain the carved patterns and rituals tied to them.
Prempeh II Jubilee Museum
Museum in Kumasi on the history of the Asante kings, with royal regalia, carved stools, gold items and old photographs.
Airports
Prempeh I International Airport KMS
It is about 4 km in a straight line from Kumasi.
Sunyani Airport NYI
It is about 107 km in a straight line from Kumasi.
Scams and safe taxis
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan26.2 °C18 mm
- Feb27.9 °C49 mm
- Mar27.4 °C116 mm
- Apr26.9 °C124 mm
- May26.2 °C173 mm
- Jun25.0 °C222 mm
- Jul24.2 °C140 mm
- Aug24.3 °C83 mm
- Sep24.9 °C170 mm
- Oct25.2 °C233 mm
- Nov25.6 °C93 mm
- Dec25.6 °C21 mm
Driest months: Jan, Feb, Dec. Wettest months: May, Jun, Oct.
Costs
Prices here are about 38% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Who can help
Emergency
112. Police 191. Fire 192. Ambulance 193.
local government
Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA)
Helps with: Ghana's national tourism body. Its head office in Accra and its website give contact details for visitor questions and tourism enquiries.
Who qualifies: Anyone travelling in Ghana or planning a trip there.
Phone: +233 302 985 069
Email: [email protected]
Address: No. 2 Haile Selassie Street, South Ridge, Accra
local government
Ghana Police Service headquarters
Helps with: National police headquarters in Accra. The contact page gives its general enquiry lines and address; it does not show a separate tourist police unit or emergency number.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Ghana, including visitors, who needs to contact the national police.
Phone: +233 302 773906
Email: [email protected]
Address: Ring Road East, Cantonment, Ghana
local government
National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO)
Helps with: Ghana's national disaster body. Its site lists 112 as NADMO Line 1; 112 is also Ghana's general emergency number for police, fire and ambulance.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Ghana affected by a disaster such as flooding, or reporting one.
Phone: 112
Email: [email protected]
Address: Plot 3, Brigade, East Kanda, Cantonments, Accra
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ghana
Helps with: The UN migration agency, present in Ghana since 1987. It works on migration management and crisis response and gives humanitarian help to migrants, returnees and displaced people.
Who qualifies: Migrants, returnees and displaced people in Ghana. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +233 302 742 930
Email: [email protected]
Address: 9 Volta Street, Airport Residential Area, Accra