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Cameroon line · South-West · CameroonSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Cameroon
Stratovolcano · last major eruption 19094,095 mUltra-prominent peak
Elevation4,095 mabove sea level
Prominence3,901 mindependent height
Isolation–to a higher summit
Summit, Jul7°average high
4.22° N, 9.17° EElevation 4,095 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit4,095 m
- Mid-mountain2,480 m
- Valley · Buea859 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Cameroon in brief
Mount Cameroon rises to 4,095 m in the Cameroon line, South-West, Cameroon. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 3,901 m, which makes it an ultra-prominent peak.
At the summit, February is the mildest month with average highs of 10°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Buea, 10 km to the SE at 859 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 4,095 m · 13,435 ft
- Prominence
- 3,901 m
- Range
- Cameroon line
- Region
- South-West
- Country
- Cameroon
- Coordinates
- 4.2167, 9.1725
- Nearest airport
- Douala International Airport (DLA) · 65 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Mount Cameroon by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 9° |
| Average low | 4° | 4° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 4° | 4° | 4° | 4° | 5° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 46 mm | 70 mm | 221 mm | 325 mm | 440 mm | 627 mm | 964 mm | 982 mm | 696 mm | 494 mm | 222 mm | 45 mm |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 54% | 71% | 80% | 78% | 64% | 65% | 68% | 71% | 73% | 58% | 45% |
| Daylight | 11h 54 | 11h 59 | 12h 05 | 12h 13 | 12h 19 | 12h 22 | 12h 21 | 12h 15 | 12h 09 | 12h 02 | 11h 56 | 11h 53 |
| Month score | 37 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 39 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 5,150 m | 5,200 m | 5,250 m | 5,250 m | 5,250 m | 5,050 m | 4,900 m | 4,950 m | 5,000 m | 5,150 m | 5,150 m | 5,100 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Mount Cameroon in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of CameroonPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fako | 3,976 m | – | 0.3 km NE | 7° |
| Bottle Peak | 3,942 m | – | 0.6 km SE | 7° |
| Little Mount Cameroon | 1,713 m | – | 17 km S | 20° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Around here
Buea and around
Nature
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mondoleh Island
Island · 96 m
Mountains
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Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Fako
3,976 m
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Bottle Peak
3,942 m