Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Yaoundé, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks joint 13th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Yaoundé is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 170 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in MarchCameroon · 39 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Bafia in MarchCameroon · 103 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MarchCameroon · 115 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 183 mm rain
- Sangmélima in MarchCameroon · 116 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Edéa in MarchCameroon · 154 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Douala in MarchCameroon · 202 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 mm rain
- Kribi in MarchCameroon · 206 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Foumbot in MarchCameroon · 207 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 57 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.