Climate averages 1991–2020
Maroua weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Maroua: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (84 km away). In May its highs average 36.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Maroua, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Maroua ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Maroua is 9.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Guider in MayCameroon · 84 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Mubi in MayNigeria · 120 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Bama in MayNigeria · 124 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Pala in MayChad · 151 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- N'Djamena in MayChad · 186 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Maiduguri in MayNigeria · 188 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Gamboru in MayNigeria · 199 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 27.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Kelo in MayChad · 217 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 66 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.