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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Yaoundé
Yaoundé climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Jun · Dec
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,796 mm255 wet days a year
3.87° N, 11.52° EElevation 726 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goYaoundé · weather score
Best timeJan · Jun · Dec
October: high / low26° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Yaoundé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 30° and nights 21°. 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 1,796 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (314 mm, 30 wet days) and January the driest (20 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 49% in December to 69% in August.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · February
- Coldest nights
- 20° · July
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 49% 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° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 40 mm | 131 mm | 190 mm | 247 mm | 199 mm | 113 mm | 144 mm | 245 mm | 314 mm | 123 mm | 30 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 | 52% | 55% | 62% | 66% | 60% | 58% | 65% | 69% | 67% | 63% | 57% | 49% |
| Daylight | 11h 55 | 12h 00 | 12h 05 | 12h 12 | 12h 18 | 12h 21 | 12h 19 | 12h 15 | 12h 08 | 12h 02 | 11h 57 | 11h 54 |
| Month score | 66 | 44 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 49 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 70 |
ivMonth by month
Yaoundé in every month
January66
29° / 20°
20 mm · 4.1 wet days
February44
30° / 21°
40 mm · 10.8 wet days
March36
29° / 21°
131 mm · 22.4 wet days
April39
28° / 21°
190 mm · 27.2 wet days
May44
27° / 21°
247 mm · 27.3 wet days
June49
27° / 20°
199 mm · 24.1 wet days
July49
26° / 20°
113 mm · 24.2 wet days
August47
26° / 20°
144 mm · 28.4 wet days
September47
26° / 20°
245 mm · 29 wet days
October49
26° / 20°
314 mm · 30.1 wet days
November49
27° / 20°
123 mm · 21.9 wet days
December70
27° / 20°
30 mm · 5.3 wet days