Best time to visit Cameroon

Cameroon in this dataset covers 2 cities with distinct NASA POWER grid cells (plus nearby cities that share a cell). Annual rainfall among those cities runs from 1474 mm in Yaoundé to 2452 mm in Douala. The monthly-average temperature swing is 2.5–2.5°C depending on the city.

Every city we list in Cameroon falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Regional contrasts in Cameroon

The hottest peak in the sample is Douala in February (27.7°C). The coldest monthly average is Yaoundé in August (23.0°C). Douala takes the most rain (2452 mm a year, wettest in August); Yaoundé takes the least (1474 mm).

Warmest-month averages in the set range from 25.5°C to 27.7°C. Use the city pages for the month-by-month table; this page is the contrast between places.

Best months by region

Cameroon: typical hottest-month average 26.6°C and about 1963 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Douala (January, August, and December); Yaoundé (December, January, and February).

Douala in Cameroon

Douala sits at 4.05°, 9.70°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. February is the warmest month at 27.7°C (high 31.5°C); August is the coolest at 25.2°C (low 22.3°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 2.5°C.

The monsoon runs from March to November. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are January, August, and December. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,338,082. The wettest month is August (395 mm, 31 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is December (28 mm).

Yaoundé in Cameroon

Yaoundé sits at 3.87°, 11.52°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. February is the warmest month at 25.5°C (high 29.9°C); August is the coolest at 23.0°C (low 19.7°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 2.5°C.

The monsoon runs from March to November. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are December, January, and February. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,299,369. The wettest month is October (231 mm, 30 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is January (14 mm).