Ambam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ambam?

Ambam has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,751 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ambam?

The hottest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 2024, reaching 34.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ambam?

The coldest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1954, at 13.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ambam?

Almost never: Ambam sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ambam warmed?

Yes: Ambam warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ambam?

The wettest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1997, with 208 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ambam?

The windiest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2023, with winds reaching 18.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ambam?

The warmest month in Ambam is February (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ambam?

Ambam receives on average 1,751 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 271 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ambam?

Ambam gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ambam (Cameroon) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,751 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Ambam averages 0 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 271 rainy days per year.

Ambam has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 16 March 2024) and the coldest 13.1 °C (on 2 August 1954).

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

AmbamSouth

coords: 2.38°, 11.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.3°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

20.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,751mm

Sunshine / day

8.0h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

271 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.6 °C

Average feels-like low

23.3 °C

Average peak gust

26.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

261 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

34.6 °C

16 March 2024

Coldest day

13.1 °C

2 August 1954

Wettest day

208 mm

18 November 1997

Windiest day

18.2 km/h

9 September 2023

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

23 April 1945

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

10 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

2 August 1954

Sunniest day

11.9 h

11 November 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.3 °C17 January 2025	18.8 °C14 August 2025	24.4 °C	1,558 mm	170
2024	34.6 °C16 March 2024	19.2 °C21 July 2024	25.0 °C	1,428 mm	201
2023	33.3 °C12 February 2023	18.6 °C31 January 2023	24.6 °C	1,789 mm	179
2022	33.9 °C10 April 2022	18.6 °C6 March 2022	24.3 °C	1,585 mm	146
2021	33.2 °C17 February 2021	19.2 °C9 August 2021	24.5 °C	1,752 mm	179
2020	34.4 °C11 February 2020	19.1 °C25 January 2020	24.6 °C	1,806 mm	173
2019	34.1 °C3 April 2019	19.2 °C5 November 2019	24.4 °C	2,001 mm	163
2018	33.7 °C4 February 2018	19.0 °C22 August 2018	24.3 °C	1,719 mm	163
2017	33.4 °C8 April 2017	19.3 °C7 April 2017	24.4 °C	1,801 mm	155
2016	34.3 °C21 February 2016	18.6 °C31 January 2016	24.5 °C	1,977 mm	158
2015	34.1 °C12 March 2015	17.6 °C13 January 2015	24.2 °C	1,521 mm	145
2014	33.3 °C1 April 2014	18.8 °C3 February 2014	24.1 °C	1,824 mm	138
2013	34.1 °C7 March 2013	17.0 °C17 December 2013	23.9 °C	1,603 mm	139
2012	33.5 °C8 April 2012	18.7 °C25 October 2012	23.8 °C	1,646 mm	140
2011	33.2 °C2 May 2011	18.3 °C18 January 2011	23.8 °C	1,729 mm	137
2010	34.0 °C2 March 2010	19.4 °C23 July 2010	24.2 °C	1,492 mm	150
2009	33.5 °C26 March 2009	19.0 °C21 September 2009	23.9 °C	1,654 mm	134
2008	33.6 °C30 October 2008	18.2 °C10 July 2008	23.7 °C	1,778 mm	128
2007	34.0 °C3 February 2007	17.7 °C3 January 2007	23.7 °C	1,873 mm	144
2006	32.7 °C1 March 2006	18.0 °C18 May 2006	23.6 °C	1,524 mm	119
2005	33.9 °C8 March 2005	14.2 °C11 January 2005	23.8 °C	1,542 mm	134
2004	33.1 °C25 April 2004	18.5 °C4 June 2004	23.7 °C	1,951 mm	116
2003	33.3 °C8 February 2003	18.3 °C4 July 2003	23.7 °C	1,743 mm	127
2002	33.2 °C23 February 2002	18.8 °C23 July 2002	23.5 °C	1,718 mm	92
2001	32.9 °C12 April 2001	17.5 °C23 July 2001	23.2 °C	1,614 mm	79
2000	32.5 °C7 March 2000	18.6 °C12 September 2000	23.2 °C	1,664 mm	75
1999	33.2 °C2 April 1999	18.6 °C20 June 1999	23.1 °C	2,121 mm	72
1998	34.0 °C31 March 1998	18.3 °C7 January 1998	24.0 °C	1,752 mm	129
1997	32.2 °C10 April 1997	18.0 °C5 July 1997	23.4 °C	1,830 mm	64
1996	32.2 °C7 April 1996	17.9 °C22 August 1996	23.2 °C	1,889 mm	62
1995	33.1 °C15 April 1995	19.0 °C3 March 1995	23.5 °C	1,730 mm	87
1994	33.3 °C22 April 1994	18.3 °C15 December 1994	23.4 °C	1,825 mm	87
1993	33.3 °C5 April 1993	17.5 °C10 March 1993	23.3 °C	1,912 mm	81
1992	33.2 °C3 March 1992	17.1 °C6 January 1992	23.1 °C	1,545 mm	67
1991	31.8 °C26 February 1991	18.7 °C20 August 1991	23.2 °C	1,713 mm	44
1990	32.4 °C30 March 1990	17.9 °C19 August 1990	23.2 °C	1,852 mm	62
1989	32.7 °C2 March 1989	17.7 °C20 July 1989	23.1 °C	1,601 mm	51
1988	33.3 °C1 February 1988	17.4 °C1 August 1988	23.3 °C	1,913 mm	92
1987	33.3 °C25 April 1987	18.5 °C1 January 1987	23.6 °C	1,949 mm	77
1986	33.3 °C17 April 1986	16.9 °C22 December 1986	23.0 °C	1,784 mm	55
1985	32.0 °C1 May 1985	18.0 °C17 January 1985	22.9 °C	2,045 mm	50
1984	33.8 °C21 March 1984	15.4 °C16 December 1984	23.1 °C	1,786 mm	65
1983	33.4 °C30 April 1983	16.9 °C8 January 1983	23.3 °C	1,563 mm	99
1982	31.9 °C5 April 1982	17.6 °C11 February 1982	22.9 °C	1,842 mm	52
1981	32.2 °C27 February 1981	17.3 °C5 August 1981	23.0 °C	1,754 mm	56
1980	33.2 °C21 March 1980	18.4 °C28 June 1980	23.1 °C	1,840 mm	68
1979	31.9 °C19 February 1979	18.1 °C7 July 1979	23.0 °C	1,705 mm	45
1978	32.2 °C17 February 1978	17.5 °C28 July 1978	22.9 °C	1,875 mm	42
1977	33.0 °C14 February 1977	18.3 °C4 July 1977	22.9 °C	1,875 mm	42
1976	31.8 °C6 March 1976	16.9 °C10 August 1976	22.5 °C	1,890 mm	25
1975	31.5 °C6 May 1975	17.5 °C10 December 1975	22.5 °C	1,905 mm	27
1974	32.4 °C27 April 1974	16.7 °C7 July 1974	22.5 °C	2,106 mm	30
1973	32.7 °C26 April 1973	17.9 °C3 August 1973	23.1 °C	2,222 mm	57
1972	31.8 °C20 December 1972	16.3 °C27 June 1972	22.9 °C	2,003 mm	40
1971	32.9 °C16 April 1971	17.0 °C21 July 1971	22.7 °C	2,165 mm	45
1970	32.4 °C13 May 1970	17.8 °C22 December 1970	22.9 °C	2,175 mm	49
1969	32.4 °C2 May 1969	18.2 °C2 July 1969	23.0 °C	1,927 mm	47
1968	32.3 °C12 April 1968	17.8 °C3 March 1968	22.7 °C	1,980 mm	17
1967	32.0 °C18 April 1967	16.3 °C23 July 1967	22.7 °C	2,381 mm	30
1966	31.8 °C13 May 1966	18.7 °C8 June 1966	23.0 °C	1,642 mm	38
1965	31.9 °C11 May 1965	18.7 °C8 August 1965	22.8 °C	1,571 mm	16
1964	31.3 °C18 January 1964	16.9 °C2 August 1964	22.8 °C	1,339 mm	43
1963	30.9 °C28 February 1963	18.8 °C9 August 1963	23.0 °C	1,548 mm	19
1962	32.3 °C9 February 1962	17.6 °C22 June 1962	22.7 °C	1,667 mm	27
1961	30.9 °C17 January 1961	17.8 °C2 August 1961	22.6 °C	1,734 mm	18
1960	31.9 °C2 February 1960	18.2 °C30 July 1960	22.9 °C	1,649 mm	33
1959	31.9 °C2 February 1959	18.5 °C29 July 1959	23.0 °C	1,394 mm	39
1958	31.6 °C28 December 1958	17.4 °C27 July 1958	22.8 °C	1,499 mm	29
1957	31.1 °C16 January 1957	17.4 °C27 July 1957	22.7 °C	1,497 mm	11
1956	31.1 °C22 January 1956	16.1 °C18 July 1956	22.4 °C	1,759 mm	9
1955	31.3 °C24 April 1955	16.7 °C13 August 1955	22.5 °C	1,653 mm	10
1954	30.5 °C4 March 1954	13.1 °C2 August 1954	22.4 °C	1,808 mm	8
1953	31.3 °C21 February 1953	17.0 °C4 August 1953	22.7 °C	1,870 mm	11
1952	31.7 °C2 February 1952	17.8 °C20 July 1952	22.8 °C	1,999 mm	57
1951	32.1 °C13 March 1951	18.9 °C19 July 1951	22.8 °C	1,895 mm	55
1950	32.2 °C30 March 1950	13.3 °C18 July 1950	22.7 °C	1,372 mm	37
1949	32.7 °C16 February 1949	18.8 °C28 July 1949	23.0 °C	1,501 mm	47
1948	30.7 °C21 February 1948	18.3 °C13 July 1948	22.4 °C	1,992 mm	7
1947	31.1 °C26 February 1947	16.3 °C8 September 1947	22.7 °C	1,725 mm	15
1946	32.0 °C5 February 1946	17.7 °C12 July 1946	22.6 °C	1,538 mm	47
1945	32.0 °C11 February 1945	17.9 °C6 August 1945	22.7 °C	1,807 mm	49
1944	32.1 °C21 January 1944	16.4 °C2 August 1944	22.9 °C	1,517 mm	39
1943	30.6 °C8 February 1943	14.0 °C26 July 1943	22.4 °C	1,376 mm	12
1942	30.7 °C11 February 1942	14.8 °C19 July 1942	22.5 °C	1,647 mm	12
1941	31.9 °C22 December 1941	17.7 °C5 August 1941	22.9 °C	1,333 mm	20
1940	31.0 °C15 April 1940	16.0 °C3 August 1940	22.5 °C	1,513 mm	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

170 d/yr

+97

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1558 mm

-193 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.0 °C	+1.8 °C	47 mm	-28 mm
Feb	31.5 °C	+1.8 °C	34 mm	-57 mm
Mar	31.3 °C	+1.8 °C	160 mm	-14 mm
Apr	30.6 °C	+1.2 °C	165 mm	-22 mm
May	30.0 °C	+1.1 °C	191 mm	+20 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	+1.8 °C	132 mm	-12 mm
Jul	27.3 °C	+0.4 °C	90 mm	-8 mm
Aug	27.0 °C	0.0 °C	33 mm	-70 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.1 °C	182 mm	+4 mm
Oct	28.5 °C	+0.7 °C	234 mm	-10 mm
Nov	29.6 °C	+1.5 °C	219 mm	+23 mm
Dec	30.2 °C	+1.6 °C	73 mm	-21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

17 Jan 2025

Coldest day

18.8 °C

14 Aug 2025

Wettest day

55.2 mm

7 Nov 2025

Windiest day

15.9 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

40.0 km/h

17 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

24 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.8 °C

14 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

8 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ambam?

Ambam has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,751 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ambam?

The hottest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 2024, reaching 34.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ambam?

The coldest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1954, at 13.1 °C.

Does it snow in Ambam?

Almost never: Ambam sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ambam warmed?

Yes: Ambam warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ambam?

The wettest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1997, with 208 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ambam?

The windiest day measured in Ambam between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2023, with winds reaching 18.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ambam?

The warmest month in Ambam is February (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Ambam?

Ambam receives on average 1,751 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 271 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ambam?

Ambam gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ambam?

Yes: Ambam has on average 261 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ambam?

In Ambam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 10 March 2024, and the lowest was 12.7 °C on 2 August 1954.

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