Climate averages 1991–2020
Ngaoundéré weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ngaoundéré: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 396 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yola (242 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 5.2°C warmer than Ngaoundéré, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Ngaoundéré ranks joint 15th of 24 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Ngaoundéré is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 396 mm to 359 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Yola in AugustNigeria · 242 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 165 mm rain
- Jimeta in AugustNigeria · 250 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Pala in AugustChad · 269 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Bouar in AugustCentral African Republic · 271 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 292 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Numan in AugustNigeria · 293 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Jalingo in AugustNigeria · 301 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 183 mm rain
- Bertoua in AugustCameroon · 306 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 144 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.