Climate averages 1991–2020
Kribi weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kribi: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edéa (99 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, 3.3°C warmer than Kribi, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kribi ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 24th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Kribi is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Edéa in JanuaryCameroon · 99 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Bata in JanuaryEquatorial Guinea · 120 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Douala in JanuaryCameroon · 126 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Ébolowa in JanuaryCameroon · 138 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Tiko in JanuaryCameroon · 140 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Limbe in JanuaryCameroon · 144 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Buea in JanuaryCameroon · 154 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Malabo in JanuaryEquatorial Guinea · 155 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 52 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.