Climate averages 1991–2020
Buea weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Buea: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (15 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, 2.2°C warmer than Buea, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Buea ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Buea is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Limbe in DecemberCameroon · 15 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Tiko in DecemberCameroon · 16 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Douala in DecemberCameroon · 53 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Kumba in DecemberCameroon · 58 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Malabo in DecemberEquatorial Guinea · 68 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Edéa in DecemberCameroon · 106 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in DecemberCameroon · 118 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in DecemberNigeria · 131 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 61 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.