Climate averages 1991–2020
Ngaoundéré weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Ngaoundéré: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yola (242 km away). In April its highs average 39.6°C, 9.0°C warmer than Ngaoundéré, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Ngaoundéré ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Ngaoundéré is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 172 mm to 294 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
Ngaoundéré climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 27 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 172 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 294 | 27.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 341 | 29.0 | 12.513 h |
| July | 25.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 368 | 29.9 | 12.513 h |
| August | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 396 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 359 | 28.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 208 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 19 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 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
- Yola in AprilNigeria · 242 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Jimeta in AprilNigeria · 250 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Pala in AprilChad · 269 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Bouar in AprilCentral African Republic · 271 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Guider in AprilCameroon · 292 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Numan in AprilNigeria · 293 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Jalingo in AprilNigeria · 301 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 26.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Bertoua in AprilCameroon · 306 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 160 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 Ngaoundéré) is explained once on the Ngaoundéré year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.