Climate averages 1991–2020
Buea weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Buea: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 325 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (15 km away). In May its highs average 27.8°C, 2.2°C warmer than Buea, with 348 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Buea ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Buea is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 325 mm to 411 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Limbe in MayCameroon · 15 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 348 mm rain
- Tiko in MayCameroon · 16 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 348 mm rain
- Douala in MayCameroon · 53 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 297 mm rain
- Kumba in MayCameroon · 58 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Malabo in MayEquatorial Guinea · 68 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Edéa in MayCameroon · 106 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MayCameroon · 118 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in MayNigeria · 131 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 347 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.