Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbouda weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mbouda: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a very wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bafoussam (24 km away). In April its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Mbouda, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Mbouda ranks 21st of 24 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Mbouda is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 217 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
Mbouda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 7.1 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 23 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 217 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 217 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 23.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 237 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 22.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 273 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 22.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 263 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 283 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 213 | 25.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 4.7 | 0.7 | 11.812 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
- Bafoussam in AprilCameroon · 24 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Bamenda in AprilCameroon · 39 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 287 mm rain
- Foumbot in AprilCameroon · 44 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Melong in AprilCameroon · 65 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Foumban in AprilCameroon · 72 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Kumbo in AprilCameroon · 78 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 250 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AprilCameroon · 82 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Kumba in AprilCameroon · 142 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 221 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 Mbouda) is explained once on the Mbouda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.