Climate averages 1991–2020
Douala weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Douala: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiko (38 km away). In November its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Douala, with 267 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Douala ranks joint 6th of 24 for the warmest November highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 24 cities is 27.8°C; Douala is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 258 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Tiko in NovemberCameroon · 38 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 267 mm rain
- Buea in NovemberCameroon · 53 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Edéa in NovemberCameroon · 55 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Limbe in NovemberCameroon · 55 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 267 mm rain
- Kumba in NovemberCameroon · 71 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in NovemberCameroon · 104 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 231 mm rain
- Malabo in NovemberEquatorial Guinea · 107 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 171 mm rain
- Melong in NovemberCameroon · 123 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 231 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.