Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Cameroon.

ClimaNote covers 24 cities in Cameroon, starting with Douala, Yaoundé and Bamenda. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 24.8°C in Kumbo to 34.4°C in Guider, and yearly rainfall from 564 mm in Maroua to 3,805 mm in Buea. The hottest city-month is April in Maroua, with an average high of 39.7°C (tied with April in Guider), and the coolest is August in Kumbo, at 21.9°C. By single month, the most rain falls in July in Buea, with 556 mm.

February is the warmest month in 18 cities, March in 2 and April in 2 (in 2 other cities two or more months tie); August is the coolest in 12 cities, July in 4 and October in 1 (in 7 other cities two or more months tie). October is the wettest month in 10 cities, August in 8, July in 3 and September in 3; January is the driest in 19 cities and December in 3 (in 2 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, 3 have a month with under 1 mm of rain and 13 have a month with more than 300 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C.

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Cities in Cameroon

Yearly averages
Yearly climate averages for cities in Cameroon
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Douala28°C23°C3,057
Yaoundé28°C21°C1,610
Bamenda26°C17°C2,490
Bafoussam25°C16°C1,424
Maroua34°C22°C564
Ngaoundéré29°C18°C2,186
Kumba29°C22°C2,652
Nkongsamba27°C20°C3,343
Buea25°C21°C3,805
Bertoua29°C21°C1,378
Limbe27°C24°C3,801
Foumban27°C18°C1,657
Kumbo25°C16°C2,700
Edéa30°C24°C2,484
Ébolowa28°C21°C2,047
Tiko28°C23°C3,801
Kribi27°C24°C2,810
Mbalmayo28°C21°C1,419
Guider34°C23°C597
Sangmélima28°C21°C1,532
Melong27°C19°C3,343
Foumbot27°C18°C1,599
Bafia30°C22°C1,113
Mbouda26°C17°C1,896

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.