Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ambam
Ambam climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jun–Jul · Oct
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,702 mm286 wet days a year
2.38° N, 11.28° EElevation 570 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goAmbam · weather score
Best timeJun–Jul · Oct
October: high / low28° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ambam has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 30° and nights 21°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,702 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (321 mm, 31 wet days) and January the driest (36 mm, 12 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 51% in December to 62% in March.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Ambam is 0.1° cooler on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · February
- Coldest nights
- 20° · July
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 51% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 15 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 59 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Average low | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° |
| Precipitation | 36 mm | 72 mm | 160 mm | 187 mm | 204 mm | 143 mm | 74 mm | 79 mm | 216 mm | 321 mm | 157 mm | 53 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 12.1 | 17 | 26.9 | 28.1 | 27.9 | 23.2 | 20.6 | 26.1 | 28.7 | 30.8 | 28.4 | 15.8 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 56% | 62% | 62% | 56% | 53% | 59% | 62% | 61% | 59% | 54% | 51% |
| Daylight | 12h 00 | 12h 03 | 12h 06 | 12h 10 | 12h 14 | 12h 15 | 12h 15 | 12h 12 | 12h 08 | 12h 04 | 12h 01 | 11h 59 |
| Month score | 43 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 41 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Ambam in every month
January43
29° / 21°
36 mm · 12.1 wet days
February36
30° / 21°
72 mm · 17 wet days
March36
29° / 21°
160 mm · 26.9 wet days
April36
29° / 21°
187 mm · 28.1 wet days
May41
29° / 21°
204 mm · 27.9 wet days
June45
28° / 21°
143 mm · 23.2 wet days
July45
27° / 20°
74 mm · 20.6 wet days
August43
28° / 20°
79 mm · 26.1 wet days
September42
28° / 21°
216 mm · 28.7 wet days
October44
28° / 21°
321 mm · 30.8 wet days
November44
28° / 21°
157 mm · 28.4 wet days
December43
29° / 21°
53 mm · 15.8 wet days