Climate guideThirty-year normals for Buea
Buea climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation4,923 mm263 wet days a year
4.15° N, 9.24° EElevation 859 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goBuea · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low24° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Buea has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 26° and nights 20°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 19°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 4,923 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (469 mm, 31 wet days) and January the driest (44 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 40% in December to 73% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Buea is 3.7° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · February
- Coldest nights
- 19° · August
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 40% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 22 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 53 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 | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 44 mm | 69 mm | 208 mm | 312 mm | 420 mm | 587 mm | 936 mm | 963 mm | 667 mm | 469 mm | 205 mm | 43 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4 | 6.3 | 23.5 | 25.2 | 29.2 | 29 | 29.3 | 29.8 | 28.8 | 30.7 | 20.7 | 6.8 |
| Cloud cover | 44% | 47% | 63% | 73% | 71% | 64% | 65% | 66% | 64% | 64% | 53% | 40% |
| Daylight | 11h 54 | 11h 59 | 12h 05 | 12h 12 | 12h 18 | 12h 22 | 12h 20 | 12h 15 | 12h 08 | 12h 02 | 11h 56 | 11h 53 |
| Month score | 82 | 73 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 79 |
ivMonth by month
Buea in every month
January82
26° / 20°
44 mm · 4 wet days
February73
26° / 20°
69 mm · 6.3 wet days
March49
26° / 21°
208 mm · 23.5 wet days
April47
26° / 21°
312 mm · 25.2 wet days
May50
25° / 20°
420 mm · 29.2 wet days
June53
24° / 20°
587 mm · 29 wet days
July52
23° / 19°
936 mm · 29.3 wet days
August52
23° / 19°
963 mm · 29.8 wet days
September53
23° / 19°
667 mm · 28.8 wet days
October53
24° / 20°
469 mm · 30.7 wet days
November57
25° / 20°
205 mm · 20.7 wet days
December79
25° / 20°
43 mm · 6.8 wet days