Climate averages 1991–2020
Douala weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Douala: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiko (38 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Douala, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Douala ranks joint 6th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Douala is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 284 mm to 297 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Douala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 69 | 20.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 98 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 221 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 284 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 297 | 29.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 303 | 29.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 365 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 346 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 351 | 29.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 368 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 258 | 28.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 96 | 23.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Tiko in AprilCameroon · 38 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Buea in AprilCameroon · 53 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 55 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Limbe in AprilCameroon · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 281 mm rain
- Kumba in AprilCameroon · 71 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AprilCameroon · 104 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Malabo in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 188 mm rain
- Melong in AprilCameroon · 123 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 354 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 Douala) is explained once on the Douala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.