Climate guideThirty-year normals for Malabo
Malabo climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,520 mm253 wet days a year
3.76° N, 8.78° EElevation 34 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goMalabo · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low26° / 25°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Malabo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 28° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,520 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (240 mm, 29 wet days) and January the driest (30 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in December to 65% in April.
The sea reaches about 29° in April. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · March
- Coldest nights
- 24° · August
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 36% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · April
- Longest day
- 12 h 20 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 54 min
iiCharts
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 monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° |
| Average low | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° |
| Precipitation | 30 mm | 39 mm | 120 mm | 152 mm | 223 mm | 333 mm | 451 mm | 439 mm | 347 mm | 240 mm | 117 mm | 29 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.5 | 6.2 | 22 | 23.5 | 27.3 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 28.8 | 27.5 | 29.3 | 20.2 | 7.5 |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 46% | 58% | 65% | 62% | 56% | 57% | 58% | 57% | 55% | 46% | 36% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 56 | 12h 00 | 12h 06 | 12h 12 | 12h 17 | 12h 20 | 12h 19 | 12h 14 | 12h 08 | 12h 02 | 11h 57 | 11h 54 |
| Month score | 77 | 67 | 42 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 70 |
ivMonth by month
Malabo in every month
January77
27° / 26°
30 mm · 3.5 wet days
February67
28° / 26°
39 mm · 6.2 wet days
March42
28° / 26°
120 mm · 22 wet days
April39
28° / 26°
152 mm · 23.5 wet days
May42
28° / 26°
223 mm · 27.3 wet days
June49
27° / 25°
333 mm · 28.5 wet days
July53
26° / 24°
451 mm · 28.3 wet days
August53
26° / 24°
439 mm · 28.8 wet days
September52
26° / 24°
347 mm · 27.5 wet days
October51
26° / 25°
240 mm · 29.3 wet days
November52
27° / 25°
117 mm · 20.2 wet days
December70
27° / 26°
29 mm · 7.5 wet days