Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbalmayo weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mbalmayo: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (39 km away). In October its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Mbalmayo, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Mbalmayo ranks joint 12th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Mbalmayo is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 146 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in OctoberCameroon · 39 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Ébolowa in OctoberCameroon · 79 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Sangmélima in OctoberCameroon · 84 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Bafia in OctoberCameroon · 140 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Edéa in OctoberCameroon · 155 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 324 mm rain
- Kribi in OctoberCameroon · 188 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 329 mm rain
- Douala in OctoberCameroon · 208 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 368 mm rain
- Oyem in OctoberGabon · 213 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 261 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.