Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumba weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kumba: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buea (58 km away). In December its highs average 25.6°C, 4.3°C cooler than Kumba, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kumba ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Kumba is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 30 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Buea in DecemberCameroon · 58 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Tiko in DecemberCameroon · 63 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in DecemberCameroon · 65 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Douala in DecemberCameroon · 71 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Limbe in DecemberCameroon · 73 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Melong in DecemberCameroon · 79 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Edéa in DecemberCameroon · 120 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Malabo in DecemberEquatorial Guinea · 123 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 Kumba) is explained once on the Kumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.