Climate averages 1991–2020
Kribi 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 Kribi: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 275 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 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edéa (99 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Kribi, with 247 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kribi ranks 13th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kribi is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 275 mm to 335 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
Kribi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 96 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 117 | 23.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 210 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 246 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 281 | 29.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 26.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 278 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 253 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 25.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 275 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 335 | 29.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 329 | 30.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 254 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 27.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 136 | 27.2 | 12.012 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
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 99 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Bata in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 120 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Douala in AugustCameroon · 126 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 346 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AugustCameroon · 138 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Tiko in AugustCameroon · 140 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 496 mm rain
- Limbe in AugustCameroon · 144 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 496 mm rain
- Buea in AugustCameroon · 154 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 554 mm rain
- Malabo in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 155 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 431 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 Kribi) is explained once on the Kribi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.