Climate averages 1991–2020
Edéa weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Edéa: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Douala (55 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Edéa, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Edéa ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Edéa is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 244 mm to 258 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Edéa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 61 | 19.6 | 11.912 h |
| February | 31.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 86 | 21.0 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 189 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 244 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 258 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 249 | 28.8 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 214 | 27.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 247 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 305 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 324 | 30.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 214 | 27.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 92 | 21.7 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Douala in AprilCameroon · 55 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Tiko in AprilCameroon · 91 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Kribi in AprilCameroon · 99 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 246 mm rain
- Limbe in AprilCameroon · 106 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 281 mm rain
- Buea in AprilCameroon · 106 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Kumba in AprilCameroon · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AprilCameroon · 130 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Melong in AprilCameroon · 148 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 354 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 Edéa) is explained once on the Edéa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.