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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Melong
Melong climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,835 mm255 wet days a year
5.12° N, 9.96° EElevation 792 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goMelong · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low25° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Melong has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 30° and nights 18°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 19°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,835 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (413 mm, 31 wet days) and December the driest (22 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in December to 67% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Melong is 0.3° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · February
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 25 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 50 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 | 29° | 30° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 27° | 28° |
| Average low | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 19 mm | 46 mm | 156 mm | 261 mm | 326 mm | 334 mm | 371 mm | 413 mm | 419 mm | 365 mm | 103 mm | 22 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.2 | 9.2 | 19.3 | 26.6 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 30.1 | 30.6 | 29.9 | 29.8 | 15.3 | 2.3 |
| Cloud cover | 37% | 40% | 55% | 67% | 67% | 58% | 59% | 62% | 61% | 62% | 49% | 34% |
| Daylight | 11h 51 | 11h 58 | 12h 05 | 12h 14 | 12h 21 | 12h 25 | 12h 23 | 12h 17 | 12h 09 | 12h 01 | 11h 53 | 11h 50 |
| Month score | 74 | 55 | 43 | 42 | 45 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 82 |
ivMonth by month
Melong in every month
January74
29° / 18°
19 mm · 3.2 wet days
February55
30° / 18°
46 mm · 9.2 wet days
March43
28° / 19°
156 mm · 19.3 wet days
April42
27° / 20°
261 mm · 26.6 wet days
May45
27° / 20°
326 mm · 29.8 wet days
June54
25° / 19°
334 mm · 28.5 wet days
July55
24° / 19°
371 mm · 30.1 wet days
August54
24° / 19°
413 mm · 30.6 wet days
September54
25° / 19°
419 mm · 29.9 wet days
October52
25° / 19°
365 mm · 29.8 wet days
November52
27° / 18°
103 mm · 15.3 wet days
December82
28° / 18°
22 mm · 2.3 wet days