Climate averages 1991–2020
Douala weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Douala: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 368 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiko (38 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Douala, with 432 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Douala ranks joint 5th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Douala is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 368 mm to 258 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Tiko in OctoberCameroon · 38 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 432 mm rain
- Buea in OctoberCameroon · 53 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 452 mm rain
- Edéa in OctoberCameroon · 55 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 324 mm rain
- Limbe in OctoberCameroon · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 432 mm rain
- Kumba in OctoberCameroon · 71 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 323 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in OctoberCameroon · 104 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 418 mm rain
- Malabo in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 107 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 297 mm rain
- Melong in OctoberCameroon · 123 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 418 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.