Climate averages 1991–2020
Ngaoundéré weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ngaoundéré: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yola (242 km away). In March its highs average 39.6°C, 6.5°C warmer than Ngaoundéré, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Ngaoundéré ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Ngaoundéré is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Yola in MarchNigeria · 242 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Jimeta in MarchNigeria · 250 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Pala in MarchChad · 269 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Bouar in MarchCentral African Republic · 271 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Guider in MarchCameroon · 292 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Numan in MarchNigeria · 293 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Jalingo in MarchNigeria · 301 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Bertoua in MarchCameroon · 306 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 105 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.