Climate averages 1991–2020
Buea weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Buea: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (15 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, 2.3°C warmer than Buea, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Buea ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Buea is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Limbe in JanuaryCameroon · 15 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Tiko in JanuaryCameroon · 16 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Douala in JanuaryCameroon · 53 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Kumba in JanuaryCameroon · 58 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Malabo in JanuaryEquatorial Guinea · 68 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Edéa in JanuaryCameroon · 106 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in JanuaryCameroon · 118 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in JanuaryNigeria · 131 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 50 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.