Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Yaoundé, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks 15th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Yaoundé is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 172 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in MayCameroon · 39 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Bafia in MayCameroon · 103 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Ébolowa in MayCameroon · 115 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Sangmélima in MayCameroon · 116 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 150 mm rain
- Edéa in MayCameroon · 154 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Douala in MayCameroon · 202 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 297 mm rain
- Kribi in MayCameroon · 206 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Foumbot in MayCameroon · 207 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 179 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.