Climate averages 1991–2020
Buea weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Buea: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (15 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than Buea, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Buea ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Buea is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 231 mm to 282 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Limbe in MarchCameroon · 15 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Tiko in MarchCameroon · 16 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Douala in MarchCameroon · 53 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 mm rain
- Kumba in MarchCameroon · 58 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Malabo in MarchEquatorial Guinea · 68 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Edéa in MarchCameroon · 106 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 118 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in MarchNigeria · 131 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 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.