Climate averages 1991–2020

Maroua weather
in February.

A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.9°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 20.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a very hot month in Maroua: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical February (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (84 km away). In February its highs average 36.6°C, 1.7°C warmer than Maroua, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Maroua ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 30.9°C; Maroua is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Maroua, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Maroua

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 limits

How 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.