Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbalmayo weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mbalmayo: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (39 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Mbalmayo, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Mbalmayo ranks joint 11th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Mbalmayo is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 141 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Mbalmayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 39 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| February | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 125 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 151 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 141 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 125 | 23.5 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 115 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 110 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 166 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 199 | 28.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 146 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in AprilCameroon · 39 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AprilCameroon · 79 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Sangmélima in AprilCameroon · 84 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Bafia in AprilCameroon · 140 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 155 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Kribi in AprilCameroon · 188 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 246 mm rain
- Douala in AprilCameroon · 208 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Oyem in AprilGabon · 213 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 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 Mbalmayo) is explained once on the Mbalmayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.