Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kumba
Kumba climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan · Jul · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,139 mm277 wet days a year
4.64° N, 9.45° EElevation 244 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goKumba · weather score
Best timeJan · Jul · Dec
October: high / low28° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kumba has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 32° and nights 23°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,139 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (656 mm, 31 wet days) and December the driest (19 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 40% in December to 69% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Kumba is 2.2° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · February
- Coldest nights
- 21° · July
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 40% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 23 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 51 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 | 31° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Average low | 22° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 39 mm | 128 mm | 202 mm | 245 mm | 354 mm | 577 mm | 656 mm | 481 mm | 313 mm | 105 mm | 19 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.7 | 13.1 | 23.8 | 28.1 | 30.2 | 28.3 | 30.4 | 30.8 | 29.9 | 30.6 | 20.8 | 5 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 46% | 60% | 69% | 68% | 63% | 65% | 68% | 65% | 63% | 52% | 40% |
| Daylight | 11h 53 | 11h 58 | 12h 05 | 12h 13 | 12h 20 | 12h 23 | 12h 22 | 12h 16 | 12h 09 | 12h 01 | 11h 55 | 11h 51 |
| Month score | 56 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 64 |
ivMonth by month
Kumba in every month
January56
31° / 22°
20 mm · 5.7 wet days
February33
32° / 23°
39 mm · 13.1 wet days
March29
31° / 23°
128 mm · 23.8 wet days
April31
30° / 23°
202 mm · 28.1 wet days
May35
29° / 22°
245 mm · 30.2 wet days
June43
28° / 22°
354 mm · 28.3 wet days
July46
27° / 21°
577 mm · 30.4 wet days
August44
27° / 21°
656 mm · 30.8 wet days
September43
27° / 22°
481 mm · 29.9 wet days
October42
28° / 22°
313 mm · 30.6 wet days
November42
29° / 22°
105 mm · 20.8 wet days
December64
30° / 22°
19 mm · 5 wet days