Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In April its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Yaoundé, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Yaoundé is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Yaoundé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| February | 30.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 55 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 128 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 170 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 172 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 26.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 150 | 24.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 120 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 121 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 184 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 244 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 173 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 53 | 11.0 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in AprilCameroon · 39 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Bafia in AprilCameroon · 103 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AprilCameroon · 115 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Sangmélima in AprilCameroon · 116 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 154 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Douala in AprilCameroon · 202 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Kribi in AprilCameroon · 206 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 246 mm rain
- Foumbot in AprilCameroon · 207 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 152 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 Yaoundé) is explained once on the Yaoundé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.