Climate guideThirty-year normals for Maroua
Maroua climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation815 mm98 wet days a year
10.59° N, 14.32° EElevation 406 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goMaroua · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low33° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Maroua has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 40° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 30° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 815 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (251 mm, 26 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in December to 56% in August.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Maroua is 11.3° warmer on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · April
- Coldest nights
- 17° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 44 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 31 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° | 34° | 38° | 40° | 37° | 34° | 31° | 30° | 31° | 33° | 34° | 32° |
| Average low | 17° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 15 mm | 63 mm | 115 mm | 209 mm | 251 mm | 132 mm | 29 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 5.7 | 14.2 | 22 | 25.5 | 22.5 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 21% | 29% | 33% | 36% | 40% | 53% | 56% | 50% | 34% | 24% | 17% |
| Daylight | 11h 34 | 11h 48 | 12h 03 | 12h 22 | 12h 36 | 12h 44 | 12h 41 | 12h 29 | 12h 11 | 11h 54 | 11h 39 | 11h 31 |
| Month score | 73 | 61 | 58 | 54 | 42 | 24 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 48 | 63 | 72 |
ivMonth by month
Maroua in every month
January73
31° / 17°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February61
34° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March58
38° / 23°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
April54
40° / 26°
15 mm · 1 wet day
May42
37° / 26°
63 mm · 5.7 wet days
June24
34° / 25°
115 mm · 14.2 wet days
July33
31° / 23°
209 mm · 22 wet days
August37
30° / 22°
251 mm · 25.5 wet days
September35
31° / 22°
132 mm · 22.5 wet days
October48
33° / 22°
29 mm · 6.3 wet days
November63
34° / 20°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
December72
32° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days