Climate averages 1991–2020
Ngaoundéré weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Ngaoundéré: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yola (242 km away). In October its highs average 33.6°C, 6.0°C warmer than Ngaoundéré, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Ngaoundéré ranks 7th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Ngaoundéré is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 208 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Yola in OctoberNigeria · 242 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Jimeta in OctoberNigeria · 250 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Pala in OctoberChad · 269 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Bouar in OctoberCentral African Republic · 271 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Guider in OctoberCameroon · 292 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Numan in OctoberNigeria · 293 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Jalingo in OctoberNigeria · 301 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Bertoua in OctoberCameroon · 306 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 223 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.