Climate averages 1991–2020
Bertoua weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bertoua: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (236 km away). In March its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Bertoua, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bertoua ranks joint 5th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Bertoua is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Berbérati in MarchCentral African Republic · 236 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Carnot in MarchCentral African Republic · 246 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Yaoundé in MarchCameroon · 253 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Bouar in MarchCentral African Republic · 260 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Sangmélima in MarchCameroon · 263 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in MarchCameroon · 269 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Bafia in MarchCameroon · 272 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MarchCameroon · 306 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 27 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.