Climate averages 1991–2020
Malabo weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Malabo: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 431 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (56 km away). In August its highs average 25.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Malabo, with 496 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Malabo ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 26.7°C; Malabo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 431 mm to 384 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Malabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 73 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 165 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 188 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 273 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 388 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 446 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 431 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 384 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 297 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 171 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 62 | 18.2 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Limbe in AugustCameroon · 56 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 496 mm rain
- Buea in AugustCameroon · 68 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 554 mm rain
- Tiko in AugustCameroon · 73 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 496 mm rain
- Douala in AugustCameroon · 107 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 346 mm rain
- Kumba in AugustCameroon · 123 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 408 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in AugustNigeria · 130 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 450 mm rain
- Calabar in AugustNigeria · 143 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 389 mm rain
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 150 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 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 Malabo) is explained once on the Malabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.