Climate averages 1991–2020
Bertoua weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bertoua: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (236 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Bertoua, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bertoua ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Bertoua is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 166 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Berbérati in AugustCentral African Republic · 236 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Carnot in AugustCentral African Republic · 246 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Yaoundé in AugustCameroon · 253 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Bouar in AugustCentral African Republic · 260 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Sangmélima in AugustCameroon · 263 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in AugustCameroon · 269 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Bafia in AugustCameroon · 272 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in AugustCameroon · 306 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 396 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.