Climate averages 1991–2020
Oyem weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Oyem: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 261 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 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad de la Paz (84 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Oyem, with 332 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Oyem ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 28.1°C; Oyem is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 261 mm to 232 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
Oyem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 84 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 113 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 200 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 226 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 185 | 26.9 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 143 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 119 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 27.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 117 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 223 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 261 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 232 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 116 | 20.4 | 12.012 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
- Ciudad de la Paz in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 84 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Ébolowa in OctoberCameroon · 152 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Sangmélima in OctoberCameroon · 155 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Bata in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 204 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 335 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in OctoberCameroon · 213 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 199 mm rain
- Kribi in OctoberCameroon · 238 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 329 mm rain
- Yaoundé in OctoberCameroon · 252 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Libreville in OctoberGabon · 272 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 358 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 Oyem) is explained once on the Oyem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.