Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Yaoundé, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks joint 11th of 24 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 24 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 24 cities is 25.8°C; Yaoundé is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in JulyCameroon · 39 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Bafia in JulyCameroon · 103 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Ébolowa in JulyCameroon · 115 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Sangmélima in JulyCameroon · 116 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Edéa in JulyCameroon · 154 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 214 mm rain
- Douala in JulyCameroon · 202 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 365 mm rain
- Kribi in JulyCameroon · 206 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 253 mm rain
- Foumbot in JulyCameroon · 207 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 249 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.