Climate averages 1991–2020
Maroua weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Maroua: daytime highs average 39.7°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (84 km away). In April its highs average 39.7°C, about as warm as Maroua, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Maroua ranks joint 1st of 24 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Maroua is 10.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 37.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 38 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
Maroua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 39.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 9.0 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 38 | 8.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 66 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 119 | 18.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 195 | 23.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 109 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Guider in AprilCameroon · 84 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Mubi in AprilNigeria · 120 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Bama in AprilNigeria · 124 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Pala in AprilChad · 151 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 20 mm rain
- N'Djamena in AprilChad · 186 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Maiduguri in AprilNigeria · 188 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Gamboru in AprilNigeria · 199 kmHigh 41.3°C · Low 26.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Kelo in AprilChad · 217 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.9°C · 18 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 Maroua) is explained once on the Maroua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.