Climate averages 1991–2020
Bertoua weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bertoua: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (236 km away). In December its highs average 31.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Bertoua, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bertoua ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Bertoua is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Berbérati in DecemberCentral African Republic · 236 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Carnot in DecemberCentral African Republic · 246 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Yaoundé in DecemberCameroon · 253 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Bouar in DecemberCentral African Republic · 260 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Sangmélima in DecemberCameroon · 263 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in DecemberCameroon · 269 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Bafia in DecemberCameroon · 272 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in DecemberCameroon · 306 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.4 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.