Climate averages 1991–2020
Edéa weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Edéa: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 247 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Douala (55 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Edéa, with 346 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Edéa ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Edéa is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 247 mm to 305 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Douala in AugustCameroon · 55 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 346 mm rain
- Tiko in AugustCameroon · 91 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 496 mm rain
- Kribi in AugustCameroon · 99 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 275 mm rain
- Limbe in AugustCameroon · 106 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 496 mm rain
- Buea in AugustCameroon · 106 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 554 mm rain
- Kumba in AugustCameroon · 120 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 408 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 130 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Melong in AugustCameroon · 148 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 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.