Climate averages 1991–2020
Maroua weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Maroua: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (84 km away). In July its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Maroua, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Maroua ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 24 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 24 cities is 25.8°C; Maroua is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 195 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Guider in JulyCameroon · 84 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Mubi in JulyNigeria · 120 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Bama in JulyNigeria · 124 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Pala in JulyChad · 151 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 164 mm rain
- N'Djamena in JulyChad · 186 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Maiduguri in JulyNigeria · 188 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Gamboru in JulyNigeria · 199 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Kelo in JulyChad · 217 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 185 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.