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Bata climate by month
What the weather is like
Bata has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 29° and nights 25°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,876 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (509 mm, 31 wet days) and July the driest (76 mm, 16 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 48% in December to 65% in April.
The sea reaches about 29° in March. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Malabo, the capital, Bata is 1° warmer on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · March
- Coldest nights
- 23° · July
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- December · 48% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · March
- Longest day
- 12 h 14 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 01 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 141 mm | 156 mm | 271 mm | 288 mm | 331 mm | 146 mm | 76 mm | 132 mm | 320 mm | 509 mm | 333 mm | 173 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 23.7 | 23.8 | 28.9 | 28.2 | 28.4 | 21.1 | 16.4 | 20.6 | 27.6 | 30.6 | 29.4 | 26.4 |
| Cloud cover | 51% | 54% | 61% | 65% | 61% | 53% | 55% | 58% | 56% | 56% | 53% | 48% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° |
| Daylight | 12h 01 | 12h 03 | 12h 06 | 12h 09 | 12h 12 | 12h 14 | 12h 13 | 12h 11 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 02 | 12h 01 |
| Month score | 45 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 47 | 46 | 47 |