Climate averages 1991–2020
Ngaoundéré weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ngaoundéré: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 294 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yola (242 km away). In May its highs average 36.8°C, 8.5°C warmer than Ngaoundéré, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Ngaoundéré ranks joint 9th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Ngaoundéré is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 294 mm to 341 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Yola in MayNigeria · 242 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Jimeta in MayNigeria · 250 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Pala in MayChad · 269 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Bouar in MayCentral African Republic · 271 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Guider in MayCameroon · 292 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Numan in MayNigeria · 293 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Jalingo in MayNigeria · 301 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Bertoua in MayCameroon · 306 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 140 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.