Yaoundé
Elevation 764 m3.86° N, 11.52° E
When to go?
Mean 25 °C, 3 rain days in the month (24 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 26 °C, 5 rain days in the month (41 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 26 °C, 13 rain days in the month (137 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 25 °C, 20 rain days in the month (211 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 20 rain days in the month (195 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 24 °C, 17 rain days in the month (145 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 16 rain days in the month (104 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 19 rain days in the month (121 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 24 °C, 24 rain days in the month (221 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 24 °C, 24 rain days in the month (279 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 24 °C, 14 rain days in the month (145 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 5 rain days in the month (35 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
No ideal month: the best month is January, the least hot. Nothing against November either. Avoid February–May (hot, at times often rainy), June–October (often rainy), December (hot).
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 +0.7 °C; in the last ten years by +1.1 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1971 (−0.5 °C).
January and February warmed the most (+1.1 and +1.1 °C), October the least (+0.4 °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.