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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Obala
Obala climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Jul · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,233 mm255 wet days a year
4.17° N, 11.53° EElevation 542 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goObala · weather score
Best timeJan · Jul · Dec
October: high / low27° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Obala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 32° and nights 22°. 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 1,233 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (215 mm, 30 wet days) and January the driest (11 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 45% in December to 63% in August.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Obala is 1.9° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · February
- Coldest nights
- 21° · July
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 45% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 22 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 53 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 | 30° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° |
| Average low | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 11 mm | 20 mm | 84 mm | 138 mm | 183 mm | 137 mm | 81 mm | 102 mm | 162 mm | 215 mm | 81 mm | 19 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.8 | 10.3 | 22.2 | 27.4 | 27.6 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 28.6 | 29.1 | 29.9 | 20.6 | 4.5 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 48% | 55% | 59% | 54% | 53% | 60% | 63% | 60% | 58% | 52% | 45% |
| Daylight | 11h 54 | 11h 59 | 12h 05 | 12h 12 | 12h 18 | 12h 22 | 12h 20 | 12h 15 | 12h 09 | 12h 02 | 11h 56 | 11h 53 |
| Month score | 62 | 40 | 32 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 67 |
ivMonth by month
Obala in every month
January62
30° / 22°
11 mm · 3.8 wet days
February40
32° / 22°
20 mm · 10.3 wet days
March32
31° / 22°
84 mm · 22.2 wet days
April36
30° / 22°
138 mm · 27.4 wet days
May42
29° / 22°
183 mm · 27.6 wet days
June46
28° / 21°
137 mm · 25.1 wet days
July47
27° / 21°
81 mm · 25.4 wet days
August45
27° / 21°
102 mm · 28.6 wet days
September46
27° / 21°
162 mm · 29.1 wet days
October46
27° / 21°
215 mm · 29.9 wet days
November46
28° / 22°
81 mm · 20.6 wet days
December67
29° / 22°
19 mm · 4.5 wet days