Kumbo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kumbo?

Kumbo has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 2,707 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2024, reaching 32.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kumbo?

The coldest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1983, at 7.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kumbo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kumbo warmed?

Yes: Kumbo warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kumbo?

The wettest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 2019, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kumbo?

The windiest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2022, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kumbo?

The warmest month in Kumbo is March (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (17.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kumbo?

Kumbo receives on average 2,707 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kumbo?

Kumbo gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kumbo (Cameroon) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 2,707 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 March (21.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (17.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Kumbo averages 0 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 223 rainy days per year.

Kumbo has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 28 February 2024) and the coldest 7.8 °C (on 7 January 1983).

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

KumboNorth-West Region

coords: 6.20°, 10.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

19.0°C

Average daily high

24.4°C

Average daily low

15.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,707mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

8.4km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

6 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

223 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.8 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

33.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

32.8 °C

28 February 2024

Coldest day

7.8 °C

7 January 1983

Wettest day

176 mm

31 May 2019

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

26 March 2022

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

8 September 2001

Hottest feels-like

34.5 °C

19 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

5.8 °C

25 December 1971

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 July 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.5 °C18 January 2025	11.3 °C11 January 2025	20.2 °C	2,699 mm	33
2024	32.8 °C28 February 2024	10.8 °C18 January 2024	20.4 °C	2,213 mm	22
2023	32.0 °C1 March 2023	10.6 °C10 January 2023	20.1 °C	2,659 mm	14
2022	30.8 °C1 March 2022	11.0 °C20 January 2022	19.5 °C	2,601 mm	4
2021	31.5 °C8 March 2021	12.1 °C8 December 2021	19.8 °C	2,502 mm	12
2020	32.5 °C29 February 2020	9.7 °C25 January 2020	20.0 °C	2,758 mm	32
2019	31.1 °C14 March 2019	11.1 °C24 December 2019	19.8 °C	3,279 mm	10
2018	32.5 °C6 February 2018	9.9 °C5 January 2018	19.7 °C	2,838 mm	14
2017	32.6 °C21 March 2017	11.0 °C27 November 2017	20.0 °C	2,499 mm	45
2016	32.6 °C27 February 2016	11.4 °C29 January 2016	19.9 °C	2,674 mm	22
2015	31.2 °C7 March 2015	8.7 °C12 January 2015	19.7 °C	2,480 mm	22
2014	31.5 °C24 February 2014	10.4 °C7 January 2014	19.4 °C	2,629 mm	11
2013	31.6 °C24 February 2013	10.1 °C18 December 2013	19.4 °C	2,766 mm	13
2012	31.8 °C30 March 2012	10.9 °C28 December 2012	19.4 °C	2,797 mm	19
2011	30.5 °C17 March 2011	9.4 °C16 January 2011	19.4 °C	2,361 mm	3
2010	31.8 °C4 March 2010	9.9 °C31 December 2010	20.1 °C	2,714 mm	36
2009	31.5 °C6 March 2009	11.7 °C28 December 2009	19.9 °C	2,314 mm	17
2008	31.0 °C7 March 2008	11.6 °C25 January 2008	19.4 °C	2,420 mm	7
2007	31.6 °C8 February 2007	9.0 °C3 January 2007	19.3 °C	2,651 mm	14
2006	31.1 °C24 January 2006	10.1 °C30 December 2006	19.7 °C	2,521 mm	15
2005	31.8 °C19 February 2005	9.5 °C8 January 2005	19.6 °C	2,774 mm	16
2004	31.9 °C27 March 2004	11.3 °C5 February 2004	19.5 °C	2,462 mm	22
2003	31.3 °C8 February 2003	10.9 °C4 January 2003	19.5 °C	2,715 mm	11
2002	30.1 °C25 February 2002	10.3 °C28 January 2002	19.2 °C	2,492 mm	1
2001	30.8 °C16 March 2001	10.2 °C4 January 2001	19.1 °C	2,813 mm	3
2000	31.0 °C16 March 2000	10.6 °C7 December 2000	19.0 °C	2,481 mm	13
1999	29.3 °C6 February 1999	10.6 °C15 December 1999	18.9 °C	2,974 mm	0
1998	31.4 °C13 March 1998	11.2 °C11 January 1998	19.9 °C	2,703 mm	25
1997	30.5 °C10 March 1997	9.8 °C31 January 1997	19.2 °C	2,333 mm	2
1996	30.0 °C25 February 1996	11.4 °C10 January 1996	19.1 °C	2,763 mm	1
1995	29.9 °C5 March 1995	10.5 °C24 January 1995	19.1 °C	3,037 mm	0
1994	30.9 °C27 February 1994	10.5 °C13 December 1994	19.1 °C	3,050 mm	3
1993	29.4 °C25 February 1993	9.7 °C24 January 1993	19.1 °C	2,943 mm	0
1992	30.9 °C8 March 1992	10.2 °C11 January 1992	18.8 °C	3,003 mm	4
1991	29.6 °C12 February 1991	11.2 °C15 December 1991	19.0 °C	2,765 mm	0
1990	32.5 °C29 March 1990	11.4 °C13 January 1990	19.2 °C	2,504 mm	9
1989	31.2 °C3 March 1989	8.5 °C21 January 1989	18.8 °C	2,730 mm	6
1988	30.4 °C1 March 1988	11.2 °C26 December 1988	19.1 °C	3,104 mm	1
1987	30.5 °C13 February 1987	10.7 °C7 January 1987	19.6 °C	2,492 mm	3
1986	29.4 °C3 February 1986	9.7 °C21 December 1986	18.8 °C	2,814 mm	0
1985	30.9 °C10 March 1985	11.5 °C29 December 1985	18.5 °C	3,182 mm	1
1984	30.2 °C2 March 1984	10.0 °C16 January 1984	18.8 °C	2,437 mm	1
1983	32.0 °C27 March 1983	7.8 °C7 January 1983	19.3 °C	2,655 mm	20
1982	31.1 °C21 February 1982	10.4 °C30 December 1982	18.7 °C	3,110 mm	1
1981	29.4 °C22 February 1981	10.4 °C10 February 1981	18.7 °C	2,821 mm	0
1980	30.4 °C23 February 1980	9.8 °C9 January 1980	18.9 °C	2,993 mm	1
1979	29.0 °C26 February 1979	10.5 °C19 December 1979	18.8 °C	2,950 mm	0
1978	29.5 °C25 February 1978	9.3 °C12 January 1978	18.6 °C	3,119 mm	0
1977	30.3 °C14 March 1977	10.1 °C28 December 1977	18.9 °C	2,821 mm	1
1976	28.2 °C18 March 1976	10.5 °C22 January 1976	18.3 °C	3,162 mm	0
1975	28.7 °C13 March 1975	9.6 °C15 January 1975	18.1 °C	3,075 mm	0
1974	28.7 °C21 March 1974	9.1 °C28 December 1974	18.2 °C	3,173 mm	0
1973	30.7 °C18 February 1973	11.0 °C26 December 1973	18.9 °C	2,846 mm	2
1972	30.2 °C21 February 1972	10.9 °C8 January 1972	18.7 °C	2,658 mm	1
1971	29.0 °C18 February 1971	8.2 °C25 December 1971	18.4 °C	3,133 mm	0
1970	31.3 °C18 February 1970	9.8 °C3 December 1970	18.7 °C	2,931 mm	2
1969	30.7 °C19 February 1969	11.8 °C20 December 1969	18.8 °C	3,154 mm	2
1968	28.5 °C6 April 1968	10.3 °C25 December 1968	18.6 °C	2,833 mm	0
1967	29.3 °C13 April 1967	9.9 °C2 January 1967	18.5 °C	2,785 mm	0
1966	30.8 °C7 March 1966	10.8 °C3 January 1966	19.3 °C	1,985 mm	7
1965	28.9 °C6 March 1965	10.6 °C5 February 1965	19.0 °C	1,465 mm	0
1964	30.6 °C8 March 1964	12.0 °C28 November 1964	19.0 °C	1,980 mm	8
1963	30.0 °C18 February 1963	11.4 °C2 January 1963	19.0 °C	2,270 mm	1
1962	29.9 °C11 February 1962	10.4 °C4 January 1962	18.4 °C	2,936 mm	0
1961	30.3 °C8 March 1961	11.0 °C27 December 1961	18.5 °C	2,604 mm	2
1960	29.7 °C5 March 1960	11.5 °C3 January 1960	18.8 °C	2,682 mm	0
1959	30.6 °C17 March 1959	11.0 °C28 December 1959	18.7 °C	2,602 mm	6
1958	30.4 °C27 February 1958	11.6 °C25 December 1958	18.8 °C	3,022 mm	5
1957	29.2 °C15 March 1957	9.9 °C8 January 1957	18.4 °C	2,787 mm	0
1956	29.4 °C12 February 1956	11.1 °C1 January 1956	18.2 °C	2,975 mm	0
1955	29.9 °C16 February 1955	11.2 °C24 December 1955	18.4 °C	2,828 mm	0
1954	28.5 °C4 March 1954	9.9 °C2 August 1954	18.2 °C	2,448 mm	0
1953	29.5 °C11 February 1953	11.0 °C15 December 1953	18.6 °C	2,761 mm	0
1952	29.5 °C28 January 1952	11.5 °C5 January 1952	18.6 °C	2,908 mm	0
1951	29.0 °C13 March 1951	11.6 °C8 December 1951	18.4 °C	3,174 mm	0
1950	28.9 °C2 March 1950	11.7 °C11 August 1950	18.3 °C	2,556 mm	0
1949	30.3 °C19 March 1949	11.3 °C8 February 1949	18.7 °C	2,676 mm	2
1948	29.5 °C24 February 1948	11.3 °C4 January 1948	18.3 °C	2,911 mm	0
1947	29.8 °C22 February 1947	11.6 °C20 January 1947	18.6 °C	3,135 mm	0
1946	30.8 °C23 February 1946	11.1 °C1 January 1946	18.5 °C	2,838 mm	4
1945	30.0 °C3 April 1945	10.2 °C3 February 1945	18.6 °C	2,352 mm	1
1944	29.6 °C15 February 1944	11.2 °C27 November 1944	18.5 °C	2,423 mm	0
1943	29.5 °C10 March 1943	11.1 °C26 July 1943	18.2 °C	2,302 mm	0
1942	29.7 °C12 February 1942	12.1 °C3 January 1942	18.3 °C	2,453 mm	0
1941	30.9 °C9 March 1941	10.3 °C27 December 1941	18.8 °C	2,098 mm	1
1940	28.5 °C5 March 1940	11.1 °C2 August 1940	18.3 °C	2,438 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.5 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2699 mm

-8 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.4 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-5 mm
Feb	30.0 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-23 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+2.5 °C	19 mm	-102 mm
Apr	26.5 °C	+1.0 °C	223 mm	-12 mm
May	25.2 °C	+0.9 °C	224 mm	-24 mm
Jun	24.4 °C	+1.5 °C	311 mm	+25 mm
Jul	21.6 °C	+0.1 °C	616 mm	+126 mm
Aug	22.1 °C	+0.7 °C	450 mm	-77 mm
Sep	22.8 °C	+0.8 °C	490 mm	+85 mm
Oct	23.2 °C	+0.3 °C	293 mm	+24 mm
Nov	25.2 °C	+0.8 °C	65 mm	-16 mm
Dec	27.5 °C	+1.5 °C	4 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.5 °C

18 Jan 2025

Coldest day

11.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

111.2 mm

29 Jun 2025

Windiest day

17.1 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.2 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.4 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kumbo?

Kumbo has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 2,707 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kumbo?

The hottest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2024, reaching 32.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kumbo?

The coldest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1983, at 7.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kumbo?

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

Has the climate of Kumbo warmed?

Yes: Kumbo warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kumbo?

The wettest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 2019, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kumbo?

The windiest day measured in Kumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2022, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kumbo?

The warmest month in Kumbo is March (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (17.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Kumbo?

Kumbo receives on average 2,707 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kumbo?

Kumbo gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kumbo?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kumbo.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kumbo?

In Kumbo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 19 April 2010, and the lowest was 5.8 °C on 25 December 1971.

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