Garoua
Elevation 249 m9.30° N, 13.40° E
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 32 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 34 °C, 3 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 32 °C, 7 rain days in the month (73 mm).
Against
- Extreme heatnights at 26 °C
Mean 29 °C, 9 rain days in the month (87 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 28 °C, 15 rain days in the month (142 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 18 rain days in the month (204 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 15 rain days in the month (137 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 29 °C, 7 rain days in the month (57 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
No ideal month: the best months are December–January, the least hot. Avoid February–November (hot, at times extreme heat and often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.5 °C; in the last ten years by +0.9 °C. Warmest year: 1966 (+2.0 °C), coldest: 1967 (−1.0 °C).
March and February warmed the most (+1.0 and +0.9 °C), October the least (−0.1 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.