Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Sangmélima, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks joint 13th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Sangmélima is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 175 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in MarchCameroon · 84 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MarchCameroon · 93 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 183 mm rain
- Yaoundé in MarchCameroon · 116 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Oyem in MarchGabon · 155 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 200 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in MarchEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 251 mm rain
- Bafia in MarchCameroon · 218 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Edéa in MarchCameroon · 227 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Kribi in MarchCameroon · 231 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 210 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.