Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In April its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Sangmélima, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks 10th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Sangmélima is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 175 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sangmélima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 38 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 57 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 138 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 175 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 150 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 136 | 23.7 | 12.312 h |
| July | 27.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 126 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 128 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 214 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 133 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 46 | 8.8 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in AprilCameroon · 84 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AprilCameroon · 93 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Yaoundé in AprilCameroon · 116 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Oyem in AprilGabon · 155 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 260 mm rain
- Bafia in AprilCameroon · 218 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 227 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Kribi in AprilCameroon · 231 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 246 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 Sangmélima) is explained once on the Sangmélima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.