Climate averages 1991–2020
Kribi weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kribi: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edéa (99 km away). In December its highs average 30.5°C, 2.8°C warmer than Kribi, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kribi ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Kribi is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 96 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Edéa in DecemberCameroon · 99 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Bata in DecemberEquatorial Guinea · 120 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Douala in DecemberCameroon · 126 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Ébolowa in DecemberCameroon · 138 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Tiko in DecemberCameroon · 140 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Limbe in DecemberCameroon · 144 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Buea in DecemberCameroon · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Malabo in DecemberEquatorial Guinea · 155 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 62 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.