# accra.cool

> Greater Accra's data dashboard. Live cedi exchange rates, fuel prices, mobile data bundles, rent medians, school fees, market food prices, ECG tariffs, trotro fares, and university hostel rates — refreshed every cycle.

accra.cool tracks nine consumer data verticals across Greater Accra, Ghana. All data is sourced from official publications (Bank of Ghana, National Petroleum Authority, ECG, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, GPRTU, Ghana Education Service, University of Ghana) and direct market sampling. Methodology is documented per-vertical.

## Live verticals

- [Cedi watch](https://accra.cool/cedi.md): Live GHS/USD rate from Bank of Ghana with 30-day chart, forex bureau quotes across Accra, and instant currency converter
- [Fuel today](https://accra.cool/fuel.md): Petrol and diesel prices across 8 Ghana OMCs (Goil, TotalEnergies, Shell, Star Oil, Allied, Frimps, Zen, Puma) with NPA window tracker
- [Data deals](https://accra.cool/data.md): Compare 26 mobile data bundles across MTN, Telecel, and AT to find the cheapest cedi-per-gigabyte
- [Rent](https://accra.cool/rent.md): Live 2BR rent medians across 25 Greater Accra neighborhoods
- [Private schools](https://accra.cool/schools.md): Greater Accra private school fees across 4 tiers and 15 tracked schools
- [Market prices](https://accra.cool/prices.md): 10-staple food basket tracked across 11 Greater Accra markets including Makola
- [ECG power](https://accra.cool/power.md): Four-band residential electricity tariff with bill calculator
- [Trotro fares](https://accra.cool/trotro.md): Live GPRTU-set trotro fares for 80+ Accra routes
- [UG hostels](https://accra.cool/hostels.md): University of Ghana hostel fees for 2025/26 across 20 hostels and 6 universities

## Data updates

- Cedi: daily 11:45 GMT from Bank of Ghana
- Fuel: every NPA pricing window (bi-weekly on 1st and 16th of each month)
- Data: weekly from MTN, Telecel, AT product pages
- Rent: weekly from MeQasa, Ghana Property Centre, Jiji
- Schools: annually each August
- Prices: weekly Tuesday/Wednesday sampling at 11 markets
- Power: each PURC quarterly review (January, April, July, October)
- Trotro: each GPRTU adjustment
- Hostels: annually each August

## Citation

If you cite accra.cool data, please link to the specific vertical landing page and include the snapshot date visible in the page header. Attribute editorial commentary to "accra.cool desk".

## Optional

- [What changed this week](https://accra.cool/this-week.md): Archive of all data movements across all verticals
- [Full reference](https://accra.cool/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive single-document reference with all current commentary and facts