Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumba weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kumba: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buea (58 km away). In April its highs average 26.2°C, 3.1°C cooler than Kumba, with 282 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kumba ranks joint 8th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Kumba is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 218 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 30 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 56 | 11.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 167 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 221 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 218 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 289 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 26.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 375 | 29.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 408 | 29.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 347 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 323 | 30.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Buea in AprilCameroon · 58 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Tiko in AprilCameroon · 63 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AprilCameroon · 65 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Douala in AprilCameroon · 71 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Limbe in AprilCameroon · 73 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 281 mm rain
- Melong in AprilCameroon · 79 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 120 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Malabo in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 123 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 188 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 Kumba) is explained once on the Kumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.