Climate averages 1991–2020
Sangmélima weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Sangmélima: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (84 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sangmélima, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Sangmélima ranks 8th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Sangmélima is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 214 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in OctoberCameroon · 84 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 199 mm rain
- Ébolowa in OctoberCameroon · 93 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Yaoundé in OctoberCameroon · 116 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Oyem in OctoberGabon · 155 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 197 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Bafia in OctoberCameroon · 218 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Edéa in OctoberCameroon · 227 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 324 mm rain
- Kribi in OctoberCameroon · 231 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 329 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.