Eséka climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Eséka?

Eséka has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,986 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2018, reaching 36.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Eséka?

The coldest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1954, at 15.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Eséka?

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

Q: Has the climate of Eséka warmed?

Yes: Eséka warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Eséka?

The wettest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2025, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Eséka?

The windiest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1954, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Eséka?

The warmest month in Eséka is February (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Eséka?

Eséka receives on average 1,986 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 304 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Eséka?

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

Eséka (Cameroon) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,986 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Eséka averages 0 frost days, 126 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 304 rainy days per year.

Eséka has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 31 January 2018) and the coldest 15.7 °C (on 3 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

EsékaCentre

coords: 3.65°, 10.77°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.4°C

Average daily high

29.0°C

Average daily low

21.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,986mm

Sunshine / day

8.0h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

126 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

304 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.0 °C

Average feels-like low

25.7 °C

Average peak gust

27.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

360 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

36.1 °C

31 January 2018

Coldest day

15.7 °C

3 August 1954

Wettest day

126 mm

2 October 2025

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

31 July 1954

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

21 August 2018

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

29 March 2007

Coldest feels-like

16.4 °C

3 August 1954

Sunniest day

11.9 h

14 October 1983

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.7 °C2 March 2025	20.9 °C19 September 2025	25.5 °C	1,966 mm	204
2024	35.7 °C16 March 2024	21.1 °C15 March 2024	26.0 °C	1,613 mm	244
2023	35.8 °C18 February 2023	20.4 °C31 January 2023	25.7 °C	1,940 mm	221
2022	35.3 °C26 February 2022	20.6 °C24 December 2022	25.3 °C	1,872 mm	187
2021	35.6 °C17 February 2021	20.0 °C10 May 2021	25.6 °C	1,792 mm	214
2020	36.0 °C24 January 2020	20.2 °C26 January 2020	25.7 °C	1,870 mm	213
2019	34.7 °C10 February 2019	21.3 °C12 July 2019	25.5 °C	2,065 mm	194
2018	36.1 °C31 January 2018	20.7 °C8 May 2018	25.3 °C	1,888 mm	212
2017	34.7 °C14 February 2017	20.4 °C7 April 2017	25.4 °C	2,042 mm	204
2016	35.0 °C29 January 2016	18.9 °C31 January 2016	25.5 °C	2,069 mm	203
2015	34.9 °C12 March 2015	16.7 °C13 January 2015	25.2 °C	1,593 mm	187
2014	34.5 °C13 March 2014	19.8 °C3 February 2014	25.1 °C	1,974 mm	184
2013	35.0 °C18 March 2013	19.0 °C17 December 2013	24.9 °C	1,959 mm	170
2012	34.0 °C8 April 2012	20.6 °C1 November 2012	24.9 °C	1,956 mm	178
2011	34.5 °C23 March 2011	19.6 °C20 January 2011	24.9 °C	1,966 mm	190
2010	35.5 °C1 March 2010	20.7 °C24 July 2010	25.3 °C	1,787 mm	209
2009	35.2 °C9 March 2009	20.5 °C23 June 2009	25.1 °C	1,777 mm	187
2008	35.3 °C21 February 2008	20.1 °C1 February 2008	24.9 °C	1,990 mm	184
2007	35.7 °C31 January 2007	18.5 °C17 January 2007	24.9 °C	2,139 mm	175
2006	34.1 °C6 April 2006	20.3 °C11 January 2006	24.9 °C	1,743 mm	187
2005	35.5 °C8 March 2005	17.0 °C10 January 2005	25.0 °C	1,658 mm	189
2004	34.8 °C25 April 2004	19.8 °C4 June 2004	24.9 °C	1,963 mm	179
2003	35.1 °C8 February 2003	19.2 °C4 July 2003	24.9 °C	2,016 mm	172
2002	33.9 °C29 March 2002	20.5 °C24 October 2002	24.7 °C	1,930 mm	150
2001	34.2 °C16 April 2001	18.0 °C23 July 2001	24.4 °C	1,868 mm	137
2000	34.7 °C27 February 2000	20.2 °C4 August 2000	24.4 °C	1,981 mm	137
1999	34.2 °C28 February 1999	20.2 °C2 March 1999	24.4 °C	2,160 mm	132
1998	35.5 °C22 February 1998	20.6 °C14 August 1998	25.2 °C	1,938 mm	189
1997	34.8 °C1 February 1997	19.7 °C3 August 1997	24.7 °C	1,802 mm	139
1996	33.4 °C9 March 1996	20.1 °C4 August 1996	24.5 °C	2,090 mm	126
1995	34.1 °C7 March 1995	20.3 °C23 March 1995	24.7 °C	2,026 mm	149
1994	33.6 °C23 March 1994	19.9 °C15 December 1994	24.6 °C	2,065 mm	152
1993	33.1 °C15 April 1993	19.6 °C10 March 1993	24.6 °C	2,085 mm	124
1992	35.4 °C12 February 1992	18.7 °C12 January 1992	24.3 °C	1,731 mm	117
1991	32.8 °C19 April 1991	20.3 °C16 October 1991	24.3 °C	1,957 mm	93
1990	33.9 °C11 March 1990	19.5 °C19 August 1990	24.4 °C	2,089 mm	99
1989	34.4 °C14 February 1989	19.5 °C6 February 1989	24.3 °C	1,909 mm	127
1988	34.7 °C26 February 1988	19.4 °C1 August 1988	24.5 °C	2,449 mm	134
1987	33.4 °C21 February 1987	19.8 °C1 July 1987	24.7 °C	2,033 mm	130
1986	33.6 °C9 April 1986	19.6 °C2 August 1986	24.1 °C	2,164 mm	104
1985	33.4 °C7 April 1985	19.9 °C8 July 1985	24.1 °C	2,460 mm	98
1984	33.6 °C18 March 1984	18.3 °C16 December 1984	24.3 °C	2,094 mm	124
1983	35.0 °C18 January 1983	17.2 °C9 January 1983	24.5 °C	1,688 mm	135
1982	33.1 °C15 March 1982	19.7 °C18 July 1982	24.1 °C	2,068 mm	93
1981	33.0 °C6 March 1981	19.0 °C29 July 1981	24.1 °C	2,094 mm	109
1980	33.5 °C25 April 1980	19.1 °C29 December 1980	24.2 °C	2,127 mm	114
1979	33.6 °C3 March 1979	19.4 °C6 July 1979	24.2 °C	1,974 mm	118
1978	32.9 °C24 February 1978	18.8 °C28 July 1978	24.0 °C	2,000 mm	89
1977	33.9 °C17 April 1977	19.8 °C4 July 1977	24.1 °C	1,927 mm	94
1976	32.2 °C22 April 1976	18.4 °C10 August 1976	23.7 °C	1,960 mm	66
1975	33.6 °C25 March 1975	17.8 °C10 December 1975	23.7 °C	2,004 mm	76
1974	33.0 °C6 March 1974	18.7 °C4 July 1974	23.7 °C	2,254 mm	76
1973	33.9 °C26 April 1973	19.5 °C13 July 1973	24.3 °C	2,451 mm	116
1972	32.9 °C24 March 1972	18.7 °C26 June 1972	24.1 °C	2,019 mm	86
1971	33.1 °C12 March 1971	18.9 °C15 August 1971	23.8 °C	2,665 mm	93
1970	34.3 °C9 March 1970	19.1 °C18 July 1970	24.0 °C	2,481 mm	89
1969	33.3 °C26 April 1969	19.6 °C20 July 1969	24.1 °C	2,350 mm	95
1968	32.6 °C4 March 1968	18.7 °C19 January 1968	24.0 °C	2,373 mm	80
1967	32.2 °C18 February 1967	19.2 °C20 July 1967	23.9 °C	2,439 mm	72
1966	33.0 °C31 March 1966	19.9 °C1 September 1966	24.3 °C	1,922 mm	108
1965	32.6 °C11 May 1965	20.5 °C2 January 1965	24.1 °C	1,848 mm	64
1964	33.5 °C18 March 1964	18.5 °C2 August 1964	24.1 °C	1,672 mm	101
1963	32.9 °C17 February 1963	19.9 °C9 August 1963	24.4 °C	1,765 mm	113
1962	33.2 °C8 March 1962	20.0 °C12 May 1962	23.9 °C	1,793 mm	86
1961	33.4 °C25 February 1961	19.1 °C31 July 1961	24.0 °C	1,837 mm	99
1960	33.9 °C28 January 1960	19.9 °C26 August 1960	24.1 °C	1,984 mm	103
1959	34.9 °C2 February 1959	20.0 °C4 August 1959	24.3 °C	1,492 mm	106
1958	34.1 °C15 February 1958	19.2 °C17 August 1958	24.0 °C	1,783 mm	78
1957	32.7 °C15 March 1957	19.3 °C29 July 1957	23.8 °C	1,718 mm	58
1956	33.3 °C14 March 1956	18.7 °C8 August 1956	23.5 °C	2,242 mm	55
1955	32.5 °C20 January 1955	19.1 °C13 August 1955	23.8 °C	1,992 mm	64
1954	32.0 °C2 March 1954	15.7 °C3 August 1954	23.6 °C	1,988 mm	47
1953	31.9 °C17 January 1953	19.1 °C1 August 1953	23.9 °C	2,231 mm	68
1952	32.6 °C3 March 1952	19.1 °C16 August 1952	23.9 °C	2,282 mm	89
1951	33.6 °C12 February 1951	19.7 °C8 February 1951	24.1 °C	2,239 mm	111
1950	33.7 °C14 March 1950	15.9 °C10 August 1950	23.8 °C	1,808 mm	96
1949	33.5 °C16 February 1949	19.7 °C9 August 1949	24.2 °C	1,769 mm	118
1948	32.8 °C24 January 1948	19.4 °C23 July 1948	23.7 °C	2,303 mm	57
1947	32.8 °C26 February 1947	17.6 °C9 September 1947	23.9 °C	1,859 mm	71
1946	33.8 °C3 February 1946	19.0 °C12 July 1946	23.8 °C	2,029 mm	101
1945	34.9 °C31 January 1945	19.6 °C8 February 1945	24.0 °C	2,043 mm	110
1944	34.9 °C31 January 1944	18.6 °C2 August 1944	24.1 °C	1,658 mm	107
1943	32.3 °C3 February 1943	17.4 °C15 July 1943	23.6 °C	1,638 mm	54
1942	32.2 °C10 February 1942	16.6 °C19 July 1942	23.7 °C	2,022 mm	76
1941	33.7 °C14 February 1941	19.5 °C5 August 1941	24.0 °C	1,644 mm	81
1940	32.2 °C5 March 1940	17.9 °C4 August 1940	23.7 °C	1,891 mm	46

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.1 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

204 d/yr

+78

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1966 mm

-20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.4 °C	+2.2 °C	34 mm	-22 mm
Feb	33.2 °C	+2.2 °C	46 mm	-23 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+1.6 °C	111 mm	-44 mm
Apr	30.9 °C	+0.8 °C	167 mm	-46 mm
May	31.1 °C	+1.6 °C	191 mm	-39 mm
Jun	29.9 °C	+1.6 °C	195 mm	-0 mm
Jul	27.1 °C	+0.1 °C	158 mm	+12 mm
Aug	26.6 °C	-0.3 °C	102 mm	-47 mm
Sep	28.2 °C	+0.3 °C	279 mm	+69 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+0.6 °C	396 mm	+117 mm
Nov	30.5 °C	+1.5 °C	206 mm	+4 mm
Dec	30.9 °C	+1.4 °C	82 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

2 Mar 2025

Coldest day

20.9 °C

19 Sep 2025

Wettest day

126.1 mm

2 Oct 2025

Windiest day

16.2 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

44.3 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

7 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.1 °C

14 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

7 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Eséka?

Eséka has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,986 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eséka?

The hottest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2018, reaching 36.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Eséka?

The coldest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1954, at 15.7 °C.

Does it snow in Eséka?

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

Has the climate of Eséka warmed?

Yes: Eséka warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Eséka?

The wettest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2025, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Eséka?

The windiest day measured in Eséka between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1954, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Eséka?

The warmest month in Eséka is February (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Eséka?

Eséka receives on average 1,986 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 304 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Eséka?

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

Are there tropical nights in Eséka?

Yes: Eséka has on average 360 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eséka?

In Eséka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 29 March 2007, and the lowest was 16.4 °C on 3 August 1954.

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