Bertoua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bertoua?

Bertoua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,412 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2019, reaching 38.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bertoua?

The coldest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1989, at 12.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bertoua?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bertoua warmed?

Yes: Bertoua warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bertoua?

The wettest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2022, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bertoua?

The windiest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1982, with winds reaching 20.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bertoua?

The warmest month in Bertoua is February (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bertoua?

Bertoua receives on average 1,412 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 214 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bertoua?

Bertoua gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bertoua (Cameroon) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,412 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Bertoua averages 0 frost days, 104 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 214 rainy days per year.

Bertoua has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 21 February 2019) and the coldest 12.6 °C (on 21 January 1989).

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

BertouaEast

coords: 4.58°, 13.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

20.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,412mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

104 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

214 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.7 °C

Average feels-like low

22.4 °C

Average peak gust

25.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

218 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

38.2 °C

21 February 2019

Coldest day

12.6 °C

21 January 1989

Wettest day

96 mm

27 June 2022

Windiest day

20.5 km/h

21 February 1982

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

20 November 1954

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

5 May 2004

Coldest feels-like

10.3 °C

21 January 1989

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.2 °C25 March 2025	16.7 °C12 January 2025	24.8 °C	1,018 mm	171
2024	35.8 °C13 February 2024	15.9 °C18 January 2024	25.2 °C	1,064 mm	214
2023	34.8 °C12 February 2023	16.2 °C15 December 2023	24.8 °C	1,453 mm	159
2022	35.2 °C26 March 2022	15.6 °C31 January 2022	24.5 °C	1,078 mm	163
2021	36.9 °C1 March 2021	16.8 °C19 February 2021	24.7 °C	1,340 mm	154
2020	37.0 °C22 February 2020	13.6 °C26 January 2020	25.1 °C	1,137 mm	195
2019	38.2 °C21 February 2019	17.0 °C1 January 2019	24.9 °C	1,344 mm	165
2018	34.8 °C4 February 2018	14.6 °C6 January 2018	24.4 °C	1,226 mm	148
2017	35.4 °C27 March 2017	16.1 °C27 December 2017	24.6 °C	1,343 mm	162
2016	35.9 °C22 February 2016	15.4 °C28 December 2016	24.6 °C	1,361 mm	161
2015	35.8 °C15 March 2015	13.2 °C10 January 2015	24.4 °C	1,129 mm	173
2014	35.4 °C15 March 2014	15.5 °C7 January 2014	24.3 °C	1,278 mm	149
2013	34.7 °C23 February 2013	14.2 °C17 December 2013	24.2 °C	1,355 mm	122
2012	35.9 °C22 March 2012	15.3 °C26 December 2012	24.2 °C	1,370 mm	145
2011	34.0 °C21 March 2011	13.6 °C18 January 2011	24.1 °C	1,148 mm	154
2010	35.8 °C2 February 2010	16.4 °C11 December 2010	24.8 °C	1,361 mm	152
2009	35.5 °C24 March 2009	17.1 °C30 December 2009	24.4 °C	1,365 mm	136
2008	35.0 °C6 March 2008	15.5 °C1 February 2008	24.1 °C	1,227 mm	109
2007	36.7 °C3 March 2007	13.4 °C3 January 2007	24.3 °C	1,333 mm	138
2006	33.6 °C23 January 2006	14.9 °C31 December 2006	24.2 °C	1,192 mm	127
2005	35.1 °C12 February 2005	15.0 °C10 January 2005	24.4 °C	1,273 mm	134
2004	35.2 °C11 February 2004	15.7 °C7 February 2004	24.3 °C	1,402 mm	139
2003	36.4 °C8 February 2003	16.3 °C4 January 2003	24.4 °C	1,225 mm	129
2002	35.4 °C23 February 2002	14.6 °C13 January 2002	24.0 °C	1,294 mm	104
2001	33.9 °C2 March 2001	14.7 °C11 January 2001	23.7 °C	1,341 mm	85
2000	35.3 °C14 March 2000	14.8 °C17 December 2000	23.7 °C	1,377 mm	102
1999	33.2 °C27 January 1999	16.3 °C12 January 1999	23.5 °C	1,708 mm	78
1998	36.7 °C5 February 1998	16.9 °C20 January 1998	24.7 °C	1,425 mm	154
1997	34.8 °C25 February 1997	14.9 °C14 February 1997	24.1 °C	1,344 mm	104
1996	34.1 °C17 January 1996	17.4 °C23 December 1996	23.9 °C	1,589 mm	108
1995	34.7 °C3 March 1995	15.3 °C26 January 1995	24.1 °C	1,642 mm	127
1994	34.3 °C26 February 1994	15.1 °C14 December 1994	23.9 °C	1,925 mm	124
1993	35.1 °C27 February 1993	14.3 °C23 January 1993	23.9 °C	1,658 mm	124
1992	35.6 °C5 March 1992	14.5 °C11 February 1992	23.7 °C	1,417 mm	105
1991	34.6 °C12 February 1991	15.1 °C18 December 1991	23.8 °C	1,552 mm	99
1990	36.0 °C27 March 1990	16.4 °C28 February 1990	24.1 °C	1,534 mm	97
1989	34.1 °C25 February 1989	12.6 °C21 January 1989	23.4 °C	1,319 mm	92
1988	35.4 °C27 February 1988	16.0 °C28 December 1988	23.8 °C	1,581 mm	94
1987	35.0 °C23 February 1987	14.7 °C1 January 1987	24.2 °C	1,525 mm	114
1986	33.2 °C17 April 1986	14.6 °C15 January 1986	23.5 °C	1,581 mm	86
1985	35.0 °C7 March 1985	15.2 °C18 February 1985	23.3 °C	1,763 mm	62
1984	34.6 °C21 March 1984	13.0 °C14 December 1984	23.5 °C	1,444 mm	88
1983	37.6 °C19 March 1983	12.8 °C28 December 1983	23.9 °C	1,385 mm	126
1982	33.3 °C21 February 1982	14.3 °C9 February 1982	23.3 °C	1,601 mm	57
1981	33.8 °C27 February 1981	14.5 °C12 February 1981	23.4 °C	1,507 mm	87
1980	34.1 °C21 January 1980	14.1 °C16 December 1980	23.5 °C	1,651 mm	95
1979	31.8 °C3 March 1979	15.2 °C10 December 1979	23.3 °C	1,719 mm	53
1978	34.9 °C3 February 1978	14.6 °C11 January 1978	23.5 °C	1,419 mm	93
1977	35.6 °C9 March 1977	14.7 °C26 December 1977	23.6 °C	1,279 mm	90
1976	31.7 °C23 April 1976	15.4 °C6 January 1976	23.0 °C	1,493 mm	41
1975	32.6 °C22 January 1975	14.4 °C10 December 1975	23.1 °C	1,568 mm	64
1974	32.7 °C11 March 1974	13.5 °C28 December 1974	23.0 °C	1,788 mm	49
1973	33.8 °C5 February 1973	15.3 °C28 November 1973	23.7 °C	1,693 mm	93
1972	33.7 °C21 December 1972	15.8 °C8 January 1972	23.4 °C	1,297 mm	80
1971	33.2 °C9 February 1971	13.0 °C25 December 1971	23.1 °C	1,500 mm	68
1970	33.0 °C17 February 1970	14.8 °C16 December 1970	23.5 °C	1,582 mm	96
1969	33.3 °C12 February 1969	15.7 °C30 January 1969	23.4 °C	1,735 mm	59
1968	32.2 °C10 February 1968	14.0 °C16 January 1968	23.3 °C	1,629 mm	42
1967	32.7 °C20 March 1967	14.6 °C29 January 1967	23.1 °C	1,757 mm	51
1966	35.9 °C21 March 1966	17.6 °C31 December 1966	24.5 °C	1,048 mm	128
1965	32.9 °C14 May 1965	16.9 °C7 December 1965	24.0 °C	1,026 mm	81
1964	35.3 °C27 February 1964	17.0 °C15 January 1964	24.2 °C	922 mm	117
1963	33.9 °C18 February 1963	16.1 °C2 January 1963	24.0 °C	1,199 mm	88
1962	35.0 °C11 February 1962	17.0 °C4 January 1962	23.6 °C	1,495 mm	69
1961	35.4 °C22 February 1961	16.9 °C18 November 1961	23.8 °C	1,468 mm	99
1960	34.9 °C28 January 1960	17.5 °C3 January 1960	23.9 °C	1,790 mm	109
1959	36.5 °C17 March 1959	16.1 °C28 December 1959	24.1 °C	1,512 mm	98
1958	36.2 °C21 February 1958	17.3 °C8 January 1958	23.9 °C	1,314 mm	93
1957	36.1 °C19 February 1957	15.9 °C12 February 1957	23.6 °C	1,404 mm	65
1956	34.2 °C22 January 1956	16.5 °C21 December 1956	23.2 °C	1,721 mm	57
1955	34.3 °C16 February 1955	16.6 °C13 December 1955	23.4 °C	1,369 mm	69
1954	33.0 °C6 February 1954	15.9 °C2 August 1954	23.2 °C	1,366 mm	48
1953	33.7 °C9 February 1953	15.8 °C22 December 1953	23.4 °C	1,640 mm	74
1952	33.1 °C3 March 1952	17.3 °C4 January 1952	23.6 °C	1,760 mm	75
1951	32.6 °C4 May 1951	16.6 °C25 December 1951	23.4 °C	1,619 mm	64
1950	33.6 °C15 February 1950	15.1 °C18 July 1950	23.7 °C	977 mm	75
1949	35.8 °C16 February 1949	16.2 °C13 December 1949	23.9 °C	1,262 mm	103
1948	34.1 °C14 February 1948	15.8 °C6 January 1948	23.4 °C	1,623 mm	70
1947	33.6 °C26 January 1947	15.9 °C9 December 1947	23.6 °C	1,295 mm	75
1946	37.2 °C23 February 1946	16.2 °C1 January 1946	23.6 °C	1,398 mm	78
1945	35.6 °C18 February 1945	15.4 °C24 December 1945	23.7 °C	1,303 mm	105
1944	35.1 °C4 February 1944	16.0 °C30 November 1944	23.9 °C	1,180 mm	104
1943	33.1 °C5 March 1943	16.2 °C12 December 1943	23.4 °C	1,112 mm	63
1942	34.9 °C12 February 1942	18.0 °C18 July 1942	23.5 °C	1,281 mm	68
1941	35.0 °C14 February 1941	15.7 °C19 November 1941	24.0 °C	1,168 mm	119
1940	32.7 °C18 February 1940	16.5 °C14 January 1940	23.3 °C	1,498 mm	44

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

171 d/yr

+67

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1018 mm

-394 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.3 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-17 mm
Feb	32.8 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-32 mm
Mar	32.7 °C	+1.8 °C	25 mm	-89 mm
Apr	30.0 °C	+0.5 °C	143 mm	-16 mm
May	29.5 °C	+0.8 °C	91 mm	-51 mm
Jun	28.9 °C	+1.2 °C	127 mm	+1 mm
Jul	27.1 °C	+0.3 °C	123 mm	+6 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	+0.3 °C	71 mm	-64 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+1.3 °C	195 mm	+28 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+0.9 °C	193 mm	-29 mm
Nov	29.7 °C	+1.5 °C	32 mm	-113 mm
Dec	30.9 °C	+1.6 °C	17 mm	-19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest day

16.7 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.5 mm

10 Apr 2025

Windiest day

17.7 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

42.8 km/h

5 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.8 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

13 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bertoua?

Bertoua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,412 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bertoua?

The hottest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2019, reaching 38.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bertoua?

The coldest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1989, at 12.6 °C.

Does it snow in Bertoua?

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

Has the climate of Bertoua warmed?

Yes: Bertoua warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bertoua?

The wettest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2022, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bertoua?

The windiest day measured in Bertoua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1982, with winds reaching 20.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bertoua?

The warmest month in Bertoua is February (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Bertoua?

Bertoua receives on average 1,412 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 214 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bertoua?

Bertoua gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bertoua?

Yes: Bertoua has on average 218 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bertoua?

In Bertoua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 5 May 2004, and the lowest was 10.3 °C on 21 January 1989.

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