Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbalmayo weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mbalmayo: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (39 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Mbalmayo, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Mbalmayo ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Mbalmayo is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in DecemberCameroon · 39 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Ébolowa in DecemberCameroon · 79 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Sangmélima in DecemberCameroon · 84 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Bafia in DecemberCameroon · 140 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Edéa in DecemberCameroon · 155 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Kribi in DecemberCameroon · 188 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Douala in DecemberCameroon · 208 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Oyem in DecemberGabon · 213 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 116 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.