Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumbo weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kumbo: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 250 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumban (59 km away). In April its highs average 27.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than Kumbo, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Kumbo ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 17th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Kumbo is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 250 mm to 256 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
Kumbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 6.6 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 22 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 99 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 250 | 23.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 256 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 23.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 276 | 26.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 22.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 494 | 30.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 21.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 551 | 30.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 406 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 260 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 75 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| December | 26.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 6.0 | 1.1 | 11.812 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
- Foumban in AprilCameroon · 59 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Bamenda in AprilCameroon · 63 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 287 mm rain
- Foumbot in AprilCameroon · 77 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Mbouda in AprilCameroon · 78 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 217 mm rain
- Bafoussam in AprilCameroon · 85 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Melong in AprilCameroon · 143 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AprilCameroon · 160 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Bafia in AprilCameroon · 173 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 116 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 Kumbo) is explained once on the Kumbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.