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Douala climate by month
What the weather is like
Douala has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 30° and nights 24°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,192 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (603 mm, 31 wet days) and January the driest (26 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 39% in December to 66% in April.
The sea reaches about 29° in May. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Douala is 0.6° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · February
- Coldest nights
- 23° · July
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 39% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · May
- Longest day
- 12 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 53 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 26 mm | 47 mm | 144 mm | 230 mm | 274 mm | 333 mm | 551 mm | 603 mm | 478 mm | 348 mm | 130 mm | 28 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.4 | 14.4 | 24.9 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 27.6 | 29.6 | 30.8 | 29.7 | 30.4 | 22.9 | 7.5 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 45% | 58% | 66% | 62% | 54% | 58% | 61% | 58% | 58% | 49% | 39% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 55 | 12h 00 | 12h 05 | 12h 12 | 12h 18 | 12h 21 | 12h 20 | 12h 15 | 12h 08 | 12h 02 | 11h 56 | 11h 53 |
| Month score | 59 | 38 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 45 | 47 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 43 | 60 |