Climate averages 1991–2020
Kribi weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kribi: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 281 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edéa (99 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Kribi, with 258 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kribi ranks 13th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Kribi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 281 mm to 278 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Edéa in MayCameroon · 99 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Bata in MayEquatorial Guinea · 120 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Douala in MayCameroon · 126 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 297 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MayCameroon · 138 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Tiko in MayCameroon · 140 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 348 mm rain
- Limbe in MayCameroon · 144 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 348 mm rain
- Buea in MayCameroon · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 325 mm rain
- Malabo in MayEquatorial Guinea · 155 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 273 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.