Climate averages 1991–2020

Bertoua weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 20.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 13 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Bertoua: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (236 km away). In January its highs average 33.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Bertoua, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bertoua ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Bertoua is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 28 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bertoua, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Bertoua

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 limits

How 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.