Climate averages 1991–2020
Bertoua weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bertoua: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (236 km away). In April its highs average 29.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bertoua, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bertoua ranks joint 8th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Bertoua is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bertoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 105 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 160 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 140 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 115 | 21.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 129 | 22.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 144 | 23.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 166 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 223 | 27.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 130 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 25 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Berbérati in AprilCentral African Republic · 236 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Carnot in AprilCentral African Republic · 246 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 176 mm rain
- Yaoundé in AprilCameroon · 253 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Bouar in AprilCentral African Republic · 260 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Sangmélima in AprilCameroon · 263 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in AprilCameroon · 269 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Bafia in AprilCameroon · 272 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in AprilCameroon · 306 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 172 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bertoua) is explained once on the Bertoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.