Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In January its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Yaoundé, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks 17th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Yaoundé is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in JanuaryCameroon · 39 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Bafia in JanuaryCameroon · 103 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Ébolowa in JanuaryCameroon · 115 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Sangmélima in JanuaryCameroon · 116 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Edéa in JanuaryCameroon · 154 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Douala in JanuaryCameroon · 202 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Kribi in JanuaryCameroon · 206 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Foumbot in JanuaryCameroon · 207 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 2.1 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.