Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In February its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Sangmélima, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 15th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 30.9°C; Sangmélima is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in FebruaryCameroon · 84 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Ébolowa in FebruaryCameroon · 93 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Yaoundé in FebruaryCameroon · 116 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Oyem in FebruaryGabon · 155 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in FebruaryEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 157 mm rain
- Bafia in FebruaryCameroon · 218 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Edéa in FebruaryCameroon · 227 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Kribi in FebruaryCameroon · 231 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 117 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.