Climate averages 1991–2020
Douala weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Douala: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiko (38 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Douala, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Douala ranks joint 11th of 24 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Douala is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 98 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
Douala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tiko in JanuaryCameroon · 38 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Buea in JanuaryCameroon · 53 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Edéa in JanuaryCameroon · 55 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Limbe in JanuaryCameroon · 55 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Kumba in JanuaryCameroon · 71 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in JanuaryCameroon · 104 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Malabo in JanuaryEquatorial Guinea · 107 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Melong in JanuaryCameroon · 123 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 58 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.