Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumba weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kumba: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 408 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buea (58 km away). In August its highs average 23.1°C, 3.1°C cooler than Kumba, with 554 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kumba ranks 12th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kumba is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 408 mm to 347 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Buea in AugustCameroon · 58 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 554 mm rain
- Tiko in AugustCameroon · 63 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 496 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 65 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Douala in AugustCameroon · 71 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 346 mm rain
- Limbe in AugustCameroon · 73 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 496 mm rain
- Melong in AugustCameroon · 79 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 mm rain
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 120 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Malabo in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 123 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 Kumba) is explained once on the Kumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.