Climate averages 1991–2020
Edéa weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Edéa: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Douala (55 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Edéa, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Edéa ranks joint 5th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Edéa is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 189 mm to 244 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Douala in MarchCameroon · 55 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 mm rain
- Tiko in MarchCameroon · 91 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Kribi in MarchCameroon · 99 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Limbe in MarchCameroon · 106 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Buea in MarchCameroon · 106 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Kumba in MarchCameroon · 120 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 130 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Melong in MarchCameroon · 148 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 286 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.