Climate averages 1991–2020

Buea weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 22.0°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 101 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Buea · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Buea: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (15 km away). In February its highs average 28.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than Buea, with 119 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Buea ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 19th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 30.9°C; Buea is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs stay level at 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 231 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 6000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Buea, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.9°C21.6°C21.6°C6516.311.912 h
February, selected 26.3°C22.0°C22.0°C10118.612.012 h
March 26.3°C22.2°C22.2°C23128.112.112 h
April 26.2°C22.2°C22.2°C28229.112.212 h
May 25.6°C22.0°C22.0°C32530.412.312 h
June 24.2°C21.0°C21.0°C41129.812.412 h
July 23.2°C20.3°C20.3°C55630.612.312 h
August 23.1°C20.2°C20.2°C55430.712.312 h
September 23.8°C20.5°C20.5°C51329.912.112 h
October 24.5°C21.0°C21.0°C45230.812.012 h
November 25.2°C21.4°C21.4°C23128.411.912 h
December 25.6°C21.6°C21.6°C8319.011.912 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Buea

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 limits

How 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.