Climate guideThirty-year normals for Soa
Soa climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Jun · Dec
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,442 mm255 wet days a year
3.98° N, 11.60° EElevation 656 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goSoa · weather score
Best timeJan · Jun · Dec
October: high / low27° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Soa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 31° and nights 22°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,442 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (249 mm, 30 wet days) and January the driest (15 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 42% in December to 58% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Soa is 0.8° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · February
- Coldest nights
- 20° · July
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 42% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 54 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° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Average low | 21° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 28 mm | 101 mm | 156 mm | 204 mm | 163 mm | 93 mm | 118 mm | 196 mm | 249 mm | 96 mm | 23 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.1 | 10.8 | 22.4 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 28.4 | 29 | 30.1 | 21.9 | 5.3 |
| Cloud cover | 45% | 47% | 54% | 58% | 52% | 49% | 56% | 58% | 56% | 56% | 49% | 42% |
| Daylight | 11h 55 | 12h 00 | 12h 05 | 12h 12 | 12h 18 | 12h 21 | 12h 20 | 12h 15 | 12h 08 | 12h 02 | 11h 56 | 11h 54 |
| Month score | 66 | 44 | 36 | 39 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 69 |
ivMonth by month
Soa in every month
January66
29° / 21°
15 mm · 4.1 wet days
February44
31° / 22°
28 mm · 10.8 wet days
March36
30° / 22°
101 mm · 22.4 wet days
April39
29° / 21°
156 mm · 27.2 wet days
May45
28° / 21°
204 mm · 27.3 wet days
June50
27° / 21°
163 mm · 24.1 wet days
July50
26° / 20°
93 mm · 24.2 wet days
August49
27° / 20°
118 mm · 28.4 wet days
September49
27° / 20°
196 mm · 29 wet days
October50
27° / 21°
249 mm · 30.1 wet days
November50
27° / 21°
96 mm · 21.9 wet days
December69
28° / 21°
23 mm · 5.3 wet days