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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Loum
Loum climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan · Jul · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,204 mm277 wet days a year
4.72° N, 9.74° EElevation 235 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goLoum · weather score
Best timeJan · Jul · Dec
October: high / low28° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Loum 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 3,204 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (609 mm, 31 wet days) and December the driest (24 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in December to 66% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Loum is 2.1° 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 · 38% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 24 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° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 23 mm | 51 mm | 152 mm | 232 mm | 282 mm | 356 mm | 519 mm | 609 mm | 488 mm | 361 mm | 107 mm | 24 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 | 42% | 44% | 57% | 66% | 65% | 60% | 61% | 63% | 59% | 59% | 50% | 38% |
| Daylight | 11h 53 | 11h 58 | 12h 05 | 12h 13 | 12h 20 | 12h 24 | 12h 22 | 12h 16 | 12h 09 | 12h 01 | 11h 54 | 11h 51 |
| Month score | 57 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 65 |
ivMonth by month
Loum in every month
January57
31° / 22°
23 mm · 5.7 wet days
February34
32° / 23°
51 mm · 13.1 wet days
March31
31° / 23°
152 mm · 23.8 wet days
April33
30° / 23°
232 mm · 28.1 wet days
May36
29° / 23°
282 mm · 30.2 wet days
June44
28° / 22°
356 mm · 28.3 wet days
July47
27° / 21°
519 mm · 30.4 wet days
August45
27° / 22°
609 mm · 30.8 wet days
September45
27° / 22°
488 mm · 29.9 wet days
October44
28° / 22°
361 mm · 30.6 wet days
November43
29° / 22°
107 mm · 20.8 wet days
December65
30° / 22°
24 mm · 5 wet days