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Where to stay in Northern Region

This guide covers 4 destinations in Northern Region, a first-level administrative division of Ghana, with 3 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Dagbon, Tamale and Saboba. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Yakubu Tali International Airport (TML).

Destinations in this guide
4
Places to stay
3
Main airport
TMLYakubu Tali International Airport
Currency
GHSGhana cedi
Time zone
Africa/Accra

Destinations

Destinations in Northern Region

Every destination in this guide in Northern Region, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Tamale729,7683TML · 16 km
Dagbon4,000,000TML · 68 km
Saboba95,683TML · 131 km
Yendi51,339TML · 95 km

Where to stay

Hotels in Northern Region

3 hotels in Northern Region recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

HotelWhereTypeOpenedWebsite
Arewa Sunshine HotelTamalehotel
Jeyads LodgeTamalehotel
Modern City HotelTamalehotel

When to go

Best time to visit Northern Region

From the climate of 4 destinations in Northern Region with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 436 °C1 mm
February0 of 438 °C11 mm
March0 of 438 °C34 mm
April0 of 437 °C83 mm
May0 of 434 °C131 mm
June0 of 432 °C154 mm
July0 of 431 °C179 mm
August0 of 430 °C227 mm
September0 of 431 °C241 mm
October0 of 433 °C127 mm
November0 of 436 °C10 mm
December0 of 436 °C2 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Northern Region

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Northern Region name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Tamale

TML · Yakubu Tali International Airport

Nearest for 4 destinationsNamed by 4 destinations16 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Northern Region, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Ghana

1 Jan · New Year's Day7 Jan · Constitution Day9 Jan · Public Holiday6 Mar · Independence Day20 Mar · Eid-ul-Fitr21 Mar · Shaqq Day3 Apr · Good Friday6 Apr · Easter Monday1 May · Labour Day27 May · Eid-ul-Adha1 Jul · Republic Day3 Jul · Public Holiday21 Sept · Founder's Day4 Dec · Farmers' Day25 Dec · Christmas Day26 Dec · Boxing Day

Nearby

Regions near Northern Region

Other regions of Ghana with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Ghana travel guide · All regions of Ghana

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.