Maroua weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇲 Cameroon · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Maroua is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 82/100), with January and September close behind. Maroua averages about 3,120 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 37 mm of rain in October.

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Sun hours / year

3,120

Sunniest month

October

Peak score

82/100

Rain / year

751 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

320k

Elevation

421 m

When is the best time to visit Maroua?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Maroua is October, then January and September. The dullest month is April (19/100, 17 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Maroua?

Maroua is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,120 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate October (82) from April (19), so the month you pick matters. Maroua is the sunniest of the 5 destinations tracked in Cameroon. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 70% of the year's 751 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• N'Djamena Chad · 205 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Kano Nigeria · 650 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 783 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• Yaoundé Cameroon · 805 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 859 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
• Douala Cameroon · 874 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Garoua Cameroon · 158 km · 2,942 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Maiduguri Nigeria · 202 km · 3,178 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Yola Nigeria · 240 km · 2,920 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• N'Gaoundéré Cameroon · 353 km · 2,679 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gombe Nigeria · 368 km · 3,074 h sun/yr · best in Jan