Climate averages 1991–2020
Douala weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Douala: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 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 Tiko (38 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Douala, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Douala ranks joint 10th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Douala is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 221 mm to 284 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Tiko in MarchCameroon · 38 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Buea in MarchCameroon · 53 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Edéa in MarchCameroon · 55 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Limbe in MarchCameroon · 55 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Kumba in MarchCameroon · 71 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 104 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Malabo in MarchEquatorial Guinea · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Melong in MarchCameroon · 123 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 286 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.