Climate averages 1991–2020

Guider weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Guider: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mubi (83 km away). In January its highs average 31.2°C, 2.5°C cooler than Guider, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Guider ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Guider is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Guider climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Guider, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	33.8°C19.5°C	19.5°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
February	36.6°C21.9°C	21.9°C	0.1	0.0	11.812 h
March	39.5°C24.8°C	24.8°C	0.6	0.2	12.112 h
April	39.7°C26.6°C	26.6°C	12	3.6	12.312 h
May	36.7°C26.0°C	26.0°C	49	10.2	12.613 h
June	33.6°C24.6°C	24.6°C	81	14.7	12.713 h
July	30.8°C23.2°C	23.2°C	122	19.9	12.613 h
August	29.1°C22.4°C	22.4°C	174	22.8	12.412 h
September	30.2°C22.4°C	22.4°C	114	19.0	12.212 h
October	33.2°C22.8°C	22.8°C	42	8.4	11.912 h
November	35.3°C22.1°C	22.1°C	0.8	0.3	11.712 h
December	33.9°C20.3°C	20.3°C	0	0.0	11.612 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Guider

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Guider) is explained once on the Guider year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.