Climate averages 1991–2020
Maroua weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Maroua: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guider (84 km away). In September its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Maroua, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Maroua ranks 1st of 24 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 24 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 24 cities is 26.1°C; Maroua is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Guider in SeptemberCameroon · 84 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Mubi in SeptemberNigeria · 120 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Bama in SeptemberNigeria · 124 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Pala in SeptemberChad · 151 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 167 mm rain
- N'Djamena in SeptemberChad · 186 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Maiduguri in SeptemberNigeria · 188 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Gamboru in SeptemberNigeria · 199 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Kelo in SeptemberChad · 217 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 154 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.