Climate guideThirty-year normals for Penja
Penja climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan · Jul · Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,994 mm277 wet days a year
4.64° N, 9.68° EElevation 148 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goPenja · weather score
Best timeJan · Jul · Dec
October: high / low28° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Penja 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 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,994 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (601 mm, 31 wet days) and December the driest (21 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in December to 66% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Penja is 2.6° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · February
- Coldest nights
- 22° · July
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 38% 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° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Average low | 22° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 42 mm | 130 mm | 205 mm | 251 mm | 334 mm | 508 mm | 601 mm | 460 mm | 324 mm | 98 mm | 21 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% | 58% | 66% | 64% | 59% | 62% | 64% | 61% | 60% | 50% | 38% |
| 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 | 55 | 32 | 28 | 31 | 36 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 63 |
ivMonth by month
Penja in every month
January55
31° / 22°
20 mm · 5.7 wet days
February32
32° / 23°
42 mm · 13.1 wet days
March28
31° / 23°
130 mm · 23.8 wet days
April31
30° / 23°
205 mm · 28.1 wet days
May36
29° / 23°
251 mm · 30.2 wet days
June43
28° / 22°
334 mm · 28.3 wet days
July45
27° / 22°
508 mm · 30.4 wet days
August43
27° / 22°
601 mm · 30.8 wet days
September42
28° / 22°
460 mm · 29.9 wet days
October42
28° / 22°
324 mm · 30.6 wet days
November41
29° / 22°
98 mm · 20.8 wet days
December63
30° / 22°
21 mm · 5 wet days