Climate averages 1991–2020
Edéa weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Edéa: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Douala (55 km away). In December its highs average 29.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Edéa, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Edéa ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Edéa is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Douala in DecemberCameroon · 55 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Tiko in DecemberCameroon · 91 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Kribi in DecemberCameroon · 99 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Limbe in DecemberCameroon · 106 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Buea in DecemberCameroon · 106 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Kumba in DecemberCameroon · 120 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in DecemberCameroon · 130 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Melong in DecemberCameroon · 148 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 63 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.