Akonolinga climate — normals and trends
Akonolinga (Cameroon) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,346 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is February (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Akonolinga averages 0 frost days, 86 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 228 rainy days per year.
Akonolinga has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 19 March 1983) and the coldest 12.2 °C (on 3 January 2007).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AkonolingaCentre
- coords
- 3.77°, 12.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.3°C
Average daily high
28.5°C
Average daily low
20.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,346mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
2.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
86 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
228 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.4 °C
Average feels-like low
22.6 °C
Average peak gust
25.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
210 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.4 °C
19 March 1983
Coldest day
12.2 °C
3 January 2007
Wettest day
175 mm
3 July 1952
Windiest day
18.0 km/h
21 March 1959
Strongest gust
53.6 km/h
15 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
29 February 2016
Coldest feels-like
10.1 °C
10 January 2015
Sunniest day
12.0 h
15 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 7 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 33.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 10 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 32.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 84 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 29.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 157 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 29.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 189 mm | +47 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 129 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 27.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 97 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 53 mm | -59 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 177 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 28.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 189 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 29.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | -81 mm |
| Dec | 30.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 28 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Akonolinga?
Akonolinga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,346 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Akonolinga?
The hottest day measured in Akonolinga between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1983, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Akonolinga?
The coldest day measured in Akonolinga between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2007, at 12.2 °C.
Does it snow in Akonolinga?
Almost never: Akonolinga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Akonolinga warmed?
Yes: Akonolinga warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Akonolinga?
The wettest day measured in Akonolinga between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1952, with 175 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Akonolinga?
The windiest day measured in Akonolinga between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1959, with winds reaching 18.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Akonolinga?
The warmest month in Akonolinga is February (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Akonolinga?
Akonolinga receives on average 1,346 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 228 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Akonolinga?
Akonolinga gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Akonolinga?
Yes: Akonolinga has on average 210 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Akonolinga?
In Akonolinga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 29 February 2016, and the lowest was 10.1 °C on 10 January 2015.
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