Climate averages 1991–2020
Douala weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Douala: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 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 Tiko (38 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Douala, with 348 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Douala ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Douala is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 297 mm to 303 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
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 | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 284 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tiko in MayCameroon · 38 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 348 mm rain
- Buea in MayCameroon · 53 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 325 mm rain
- Edéa in MayCameroon · 55 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Limbe in MayCameroon · 55 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 348 mm rain
- Kumba in MayCameroon · 71 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MayCameroon · 104 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Malabo in MayEquatorial Guinea · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 273 mm rain
- Melong in MayCameroon · 123 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 338 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.