Yaoundé weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Yaoundé is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with December and February close behind. Yaoundé averages about 1,748 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,748
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 1,527 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 1.6M
- Elevation
- 683 m
When is the best time to visit Yaoundé?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yaoundé is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (61/100, 172 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yaoundé?
Yaoundé isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,748 hours of sunshine a year. January (86/100) is noticeably better than April (61). It ranks #4 of 5 destinations in Cameroon for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,679 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around September, carries about 41% of the annual 1,527 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 16 mm | 8 |
| February | 81 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 42 mm | 8 |
| March | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 126 mm | 9 |
| April | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 172 mm | 9 |
| May | 61 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 155 mm | 8 |
| June | 66 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 122 mm | 7 |
| July | 68 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 113 mm | 6 |
| August | 61 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 168 mm | 7 |
| September | 61 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 221 mm | 8 |
| October | 61 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 236 mm | 9 |
| November | 64 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 136 mm | 8 |
| December | 85 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 20 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Douala Cameroon · 206 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr
- Malabo Equatorial Guinea · 316 km · best in Dec · 1,221 h sun/yr
- Libreville Gabon · 434 km · best in Jul · 1,592 h sun/yr
- Owerri Nigeria · 518 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr
- Port Harcourt Nigeria · 530 km · best in Jan · 1,725 h sun/yr
- Enugu Nigeria · 538 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Oyem Gabon · 242 km · 1,598 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bata Equatorial Guinea · 280 km · 1,590 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Makokou Gabon · 380 km · 1,459 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Calabar Nigeria · 382 km · 1,495 h sun/yr · best in Dec
Head-to-head
How Yaoundé compares month by month: Yaoundé vs Douala · Yaoundé vs N'Djamena · Yaoundé vs Libreville · Yaoundé vs Malabo · all comparisons
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