Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sangmélima, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks 5th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Sangmélima is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 191 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in AugustCameroon · 84 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AugustCameroon · 93 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Yaoundé in AugustCameroon · 116 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Oyem in AugustGabon · 155 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Bafia in AugustCameroon · 218 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 227 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Kribi in AugustCameroon · 231 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 275 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.