Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Yaoundé, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks 11th of 24 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Yaoundé is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 184 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in AugustCameroon · 39 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Bafia in AugustCameroon · 103 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AugustCameroon · 115 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Sangmélima in AugustCameroon · 116 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 154 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Douala in AugustCameroon · 202 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 346 mm rain
- Kribi in AugustCameroon · 206 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 275 mm rain
- Foumbot in AugustCameroon · 207 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 269 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.