Climate averages 1991–2020
Buea weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Buea: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 282 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (15 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Buea, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Buea ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest April highs and 20th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Buea is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 282 mm to 325 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Buea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 65 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 26.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 101 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 26.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 231 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 282 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 25.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 325 | 30.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 24.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 411 | 29.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 23.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 556 | 30.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 23.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 554 | 30.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 513 | 29.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 452 | 30.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 231 | 28.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 25.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 83 | 19.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Limbe in AprilCameroon · 15 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 281 mm rain
- Tiko in AprilCameroon · 16 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Douala in AprilCameroon · 53 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Kumba in AprilCameroon · 58 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Malabo in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 68 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 188 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 106 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AprilCameroon · 118 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in AprilNigeria · 131 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 268 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 Buea) is explained once on the Buea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.