Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In January its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Sangmélima, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Sangmélima is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in JanuaryCameroon · 84 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Ébolowa in JanuaryCameroon · 93 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Yaoundé in JanuaryCameroon · 116 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Oyem in JanuaryGabon · 155 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in JanuaryEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Bafia in JanuaryCameroon · 218 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Edéa in JanuaryCameroon · 227 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Kribi in JanuaryCameroon · 231 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 96 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.