Climate averages 1991–2020
Bertoua weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bertoua: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (236 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bertoua, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bertoua ranks 8th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Bertoua is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Berbérati in MayCentral African Republic · 236 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Carnot in MayCentral African Republic · 246 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Yaoundé in MayCameroon · 253 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Bouar in MayCentral African Republic · 260 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Sangmélima in MayCameroon · 263 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 150 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in MayCameroon · 269 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Bafia in MayCameroon · 272 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MayCameroon · 306 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 294 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.