Climate averages 1991–2020
Buea weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Buea: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 554 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (15 km away). In August its highs average 25.6°C, 2.5°C warmer than Buea, with 496 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Buea ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 24th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Buea is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 554 mm to 513 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Limbe in AugustCameroon · 15 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 496 mm rain
- Tiko in AugustCameroon · 16 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 496 mm rain
- Douala in AugustCameroon · 53 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 346 mm rain
- Kumba in AugustCameroon · 58 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 408 mm rain
- Malabo in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 68 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 431 mm rain
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 106 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 118 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in AugustNigeria · 131 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 450 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.