Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In February its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Yaoundé, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks joint 12th of 24 for the warmest February highs and joint 12th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 30.9°C; Yaoundé is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in FebruaryCameroon · 39 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Bafia in FebruaryCameroon · 103 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Ébolowa in FebruaryCameroon · 115 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Sangmélima in FebruaryCameroon · 116 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Edéa in FebruaryCameroon · 154 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Douala in FebruaryCameroon · 202 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Kribi in FebruaryCameroon · 206 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Foumbot in FebruaryCameroon · 207 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.2 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.