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
| City | Average high | Average low | Rain mm/year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douala | 28°C | 23°C | 3,057 |
| Yaoundé | 28°C | 21°C | 1,610 |
| Bamenda | 26°C | 17°C | 2,490 |
| Bafoussam | 25°C | 16°C | 1,424 |
| Maroua | 34°C | 22°C | 564 |
| Ngaoundéré | 29°C | 18°C | 2,186 |
| Kumba | 29°C | 22°C | 2,652 |
| Nkongsamba | 27°C | 20°C | 3,343 |
| Buea | 25°C | 21°C | 3,805 |
| Bertoua | 29°C | 21°C | 1,378 |
| Limbe | 27°C | 24°C | 3,801 |
| Foumban | 27°C | 18°C | 1,657 |
| Kumbo | 25°C | 16°C | 2,700 |
| Edéa | 30°C | 24°C | 2,484 |
| Ébolowa | 28°C | 21°C | 2,047 |
| Tiko | 28°C | 23°C | 3,801 |
| Kribi | 27°C | 24°C | 2,810 |
| Mbalmayo | 28°C | 21°C | 1,419 |
| Guider | 34°C | 23°C | 597 |
| Sangmélima | 28°C | 21°C | 1,532 |
| Melong | 27°C | 19°C | 3,343 |
| Foumbot | 27°C | 18°C | 1,599 |
| Bafia | 30°C | 22°C | 1,113 |
| Mbouda | 26°C | 17°C | 1,896 |
Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.