Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbalmayo weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mbalmayo: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (39 km away). In August its highs average 26.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mbalmayo, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Mbalmayo ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mbalmayo is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 166 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in AugustCameroon · 39 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AugustCameroon · 79 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Sangmélima in AugustCameroon · 84 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Bafia in AugustCameroon · 140 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 155 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Kribi in AugustCameroon · 188 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 275 mm rain
- Douala in AugustCameroon · 208 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 346 mm rain
- Oyem in AugustGabon · 213 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 117 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.