Climate averages 1991–2020
Maroua weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Maroua: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (84 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Maroua, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Maroua ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Maroua is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 195 mm to 109 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 84 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Mubi in AugustNigeria · 120 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Bama in AugustNigeria · 124 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Pala in AugustChad · 151 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 222 mm rain
- N'Djamena in AugustChad · 186 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Maiduguri in AugustNigeria · 188 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Gamboru in AugustNigeria · 199 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Kelo in AugustChad · 217 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 244 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.