Climate averages 1991–2020
Limbe weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Limbe: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buea (15 km away). In January its highs average 25.9°C, 2.3°C cooler than Limbe, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Limbe ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest January highs and joint 22nd of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Limbe is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Limbe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 90 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 119 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 225 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 281 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 348 | 30.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 439 | 29.6 | 12.312 h |
| July | 25.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 540 | 30.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 25.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 496 | 30.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 442 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 432 | 30.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 267 | 29.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 122 | 26.2 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Buea in JanuaryCameroon · 15 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Tiko in JanuaryCameroon · 18 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Douala in JanuaryCameroon · 55 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Malabo in JanuaryEquatorial Guinea · 56 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Kumba in JanuaryCameroon · 73 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Edéa in JanuaryCameroon · 106 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in JanuaryCameroon · 132 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in JanuaryNigeria · 137 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 50 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 Limbe) is explained once on the Limbe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tiko lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.