Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Sangmélima, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks 13th of 24 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Sangmélima is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in DecemberCameroon · 84 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Ébolowa in DecemberCameroon · 93 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Yaoundé in DecemberCameroon · 116 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Oyem in DecemberGabon · 155 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in DecemberEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Bafia in DecemberCameroon · 218 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Edéa in DecemberCameroon · 227 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Kribi in DecemberCameroon · 231 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 136 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.