Climate averages 1991–2020
Douala weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Douala: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 22 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 Tiko (38 km away). In February its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Douala, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Douala ranks joint 17th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 18th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 30.9°C; Douala is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 221 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tiko in FebruaryCameroon · 38 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Buea in FebruaryCameroon · 53 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Edéa in FebruaryCameroon · 55 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Limbe in FebruaryCameroon · 55 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Kumba in FebruaryCameroon · 71 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in FebruaryCameroon · 104 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Malabo in FebruaryEquatorial Guinea · 107 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Melong in FebruaryCameroon · 123 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 106 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.