Climate averages 1991–2020
Ngaoundéré weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ngaoundéré: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yola (242 km away). In January its highs average 34.4°C, 3.4°C warmer than Ngaoundéré, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Ngaoundéré ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Ngaoundéré is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Yola in JanuaryNigeria · 242 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Jimeta in JanuaryNigeria · 250 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Pala in JanuaryChad · 269 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Bouar in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 271 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Guider in JanuaryCameroon · 292 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Numan in JanuaryNigeria · 293 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Jalingo in JanuaryNigeria · 301 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Bertoua in JanuaryCameroon · 306 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 13 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.