Climate averages 1991–2020
Maroua weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Maroua: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (84 km away). In October its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Maroua, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Maroua ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Maroua is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Guider in OctoberCameroon · 84 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Mubi in OctoberNigeria · 120 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Bama in OctoberNigeria · 124 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Pala in OctoberChad · 151 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 62 mm rain
- N'Djamena in OctoberChad · 186 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Maiduguri in OctoberNigeria · 188 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Gamboru in OctoberNigeria · 199 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Kelo in OctoberChad · 217 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 54 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.