Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaoundé weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Yaoundé: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbalmayo (39 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Yaoundé, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Yaoundé ranks 15th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Yaoundé is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 173 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mbalmayo in OctoberCameroon · 39 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 199 mm rain
- Bafia in OctoberCameroon · 103 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Ébolowa in OctoberCameroon · 115 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Sangmélima in OctoberCameroon · 116 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Edéa in OctoberCameroon · 154 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 324 mm rain
- Douala in OctoberCameroon · 202 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 368 mm rain
- Kribi in OctoberCameroon · 206 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 329 mm rain
- Foumbot in OctoberCameroon · 207 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 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.