Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Sangmélima, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks joint 9th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Sangmélima is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in MayCameroon · 84 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MayCameroon · 93 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Yaoundé in MayCameroon · 116 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Oyem in MayGabon · 155 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in MayEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Bafia in MayCameroon · 218 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Edéa in MayCameroon · 227 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Kribi in MayCameroon · 231 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 281 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.