Climate averages 1991–2020

Yaoundé weather
in June.

A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.8°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 20.6°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 150 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yaoundé · average highYear overview

June is a warm month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes June a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In June its highs average 27.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Yaoundé, with 125 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks 14th of 24 for the warmest June highs and 7th of 24 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 24 cities is 26.9°C; Yaoundé is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 120 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yaoundé, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.3°C21.0°C21.0°C408.411.912 h
February 30.3°C21.5°C21.5°C5510.412.012 h
March 29.4°C21.5°C21.5°C12820.112.112 h
April 28.4°C21.3°C21.3°C17023.812.212 h
May 27.7°C21.0°C21.0°C17225.512.312 h
June, selected 26.8°C20.6°C20.6°C15024.112.312 h
July 26.2°C20.1°C20.1°C12022.312.312 h
August 26.3°C20.1°C20.1°C12122.712.212 h
September 26.4°C20.3°C20.3°C18426.612.112 h
October 26.4°C20.4°C20.4°C24429.112.012 h
November 26.9°C20.6°C20.6°C17322.211.912 h
December 27.9°C21.0°C21.0°C5311.011.912 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Yaoundé

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 limits

How 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.