Mbalmayo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mbalmayo?

Mbalmayo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,452 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1983, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mbalmayo?

The coldest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1954, at 14.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mbalmayo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mbalmayo warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mbalmayo?

The wettest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1974, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mbalmayo?

The windiest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1953, with winds reaching 18.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mbalmayo?

The warmest month in Mbalmayo is February (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mbalmayo?

Mbalmayo receives on average 1,452 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mbalmayo?

Mbalmayo gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mbalmayo (Cameroon) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,452 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Mbalmayo averages 0 frost days, 64 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 246 rainy days per year.

Mbalmayo 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 35.5 °C (on 19 March 1983) and the coldest 14.0 °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

MbalmayoCentre

coords: 3.52°, 11.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.1°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

20.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,452mm

Sunshine / day

8.5h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

246 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.9 °C

Average feels-like low

22.9 °C

Average peak gust

26.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

247 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

35.5 °C

19 March 1983

Coldest day

14.0 °C

3 August 1954

Wettest day

93 mm

1 October 1974

Windiest day

18.7 km/h

8 July 1953

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

28 November 2013

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

10 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

10 January 2005

Sunniest day

11.9 h

12 May 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.5 °C13 February 2025	19.4 °C17 August 2025	24.3 °C	1,277 mm	150
2024	34.7 °C27 March 2024	19.2 °C28 January 2024	24.8 °C	1,205 mm	187
2023	34.5 °C12 February 2023	18.3 °C31 January 2023	24.4 °C	1,343 mm	153
2022	33.7 °C26 February 2022	18.8 °C6 March 2022	24.0 °C	1,360 mm	123
2021	34.1 °C3 March 2021	18.9 °C10 May 2021	24.3 °C	1,446 mm	147
2020	35.2 °C11 February 2020	16.6 °C25 January 2020	24.4 °C	1,288 mm	150
2019	34.1 °C3 April 2019	19.4 °C15 July 2019	24.2 °C	1,604 mm	130
2018	34.9 °C31 January 2018	18.8 °C20 June 2018	24.0 °C	1,334 mm	120
2017	34.0 °C14 February 2017	18.4 °C7 April 2017	24.1 °C	1,472 mm	135
2016	34.5 °C5 February 2016	17.4 °C31 January 2016	24.2 °C	1,593 mm	129
2015	33.9 °C11 February 2015	14.0 °C13 January 2015	23.9 °C	1,323 mm	138
2014	33.7 °C13 February 2014	18.3 °C3 February 2014	23.8 °C	1,445 mm	109
2013	33.7 °C2 March 2013	14.9 °C17 December 2013	23.7 °C	1,379 mm	97
2012	33.3 °C27 March 2012	18.4 °C27 October 2012	23.7 °C	1,368 mm	100
2011	32.8 °C17 April 2011	17.7 °C18 January 2011	23.7 °C	1,385 mm	111
2010	33.7 °C3 March 2010	18.2 °C31 December 2010	24.0 °C	1,294 mm	125
2009	32.9 °C26 March 2009	18.9 °C30 June 2009	23.8 °C	1,283 mm	98
2008	33.9 °C17 February 2008	16.8 °C1 February 2008	23.6 °C	1,511 mm	88
2007	34.0 °C31 January 2007	15.7 °C3 January 2007	23.5 °C	1,435 mm	108
2006	32.4 °C6 April 2006	18.4 °C18 May 2006	23.5 °C	1,285 mm	92
2005	33.9 °C23 February 2005	14.3 °C10 January 2005	23.6 °C	1,286 mm	111
2004	33.4 °C20 February 2004	18.2 °C4 June 2004	23.6 °C	1,403 mm	101
2003	34.8 °C8 February 2003	17.9 °C4 July 2003	23.5 °C	1,346 mm	96
2002	34.2 °C23 February 2002	18.4 °C5 November 2002	23.4 °C	1,456 mm	75
2001	32.6 °C18 February 2001	16.7 °C23 July 2001	23.1 °C	1,356 mm	69
2000	34.5 °C27 February 2000	17.4 °C17 December 2000	23.1 °C	1,483 mm	67
1999	32.3 °C15 March 1999	18.3 °C2 March 1999	23.0 °C	1,671 mm	58
1998	34.5 °C22 February 1998	15.5 °C7 January 1998	23.9 °C	1,323 mm	109
1997	34.0 °C3 March 1997	18.3 °C3 August 1997	23.3 °C	1,341 mm	65
1996	32.6 °C9 March 1996	18.4 °C18 July 1996	23.2 °C	1,464 mm	60
1995	32.9 °C4 April 1995	18.2 °C23 January 1995	23.3 °C	1,471 mm	71
1994	32.8 °C21 February 1994	17.9 °C15 December 1994	23.2 °C	1,642 mm	75
1993	32.2 °C25 February 1993	17.2 °C25 January 1993	23.2 °C	1,579 mm	60
1992	34.3 °C18 February 1992	15.4 °C7 January 1992	23.0 °C	1,304 mm	58
1991	31.6 °C25 March 1991	18.9 °C26 August 1991	23.0 °C	1,419 mm	39
1990	33.2 °C11 March 1990	18.2 °C26 February 1990	23.1 °C	1,471 mm	44
1989	33.2 °C1 March 1989	17.4 °C10 January 1989	22.9 °C	1,445 mm	57
1988	33.7 °C7 March 1988	17.3 °C24 December 1988	23.1 °C	1,810 mm	59
1987	32.5 °C28 January 1987	18.5 °C1 January 1987	23.4 °C	1,696 mm	50
1986	32.6 °C13 February 1986	16.3 °C22 December 1986	22.8 °C	1,550 mm	36
1985	33.0 °C23 February 1985	16.5 °C6 December 1985	22.7 °C	1,855 mm	35
1984	33.7 °C21 March 1984	14.1 °C16 December 1984	22.9 °C	1,569 mm	44
1983	35.5 °C19 March 1983	15.2 °C9 January 1983	23.1 °C	1,324 mm	92
1982	32.5 °C11 February 1982	15.7 °C11 February 1982	22.7 °C	1,660 mm	34
1981	32.1 °C16 February 1981	17.6 °C30 July 1981	22.8 °C	1,553 mm	37
1980	33.3 °C21 March 1980	17.3 °C29 December 1980	22.9 °C	1,746 mm	48
1979	31.9 °C3 March 1979	17.6 °C6 July 1979	22.8 °C	1,506 mm	34
1978	32.1 °C24 February 1978	17.3 °C28 July 1978	22.8 °C	1,470 mm	27
1977	32.3 °C14 February 1977	17.7 °C26 December 1977	22.8 °C	1,569 mm	27
1976	31.1 °C17 February 1976	17.0 °C10 August 1976	22.4 °C	1,455 mm	13
1975	31.1 °C23 April 1975	15.2 °C10 December 1975	22.4 °C	1,475 mm	21
1974	31.6 °C18 March 1974	17.3 °C9 January 1974	22.3 °C	1,758 mm	21
1973	32.6 °C2 March 1973	17.9 °C13 July 1973	23.0 °C	1,865 mm	58
1972	32.4 °C27 March 1972	16.6 °C26 June 1972	22.7 °C	1,702 mm	27
1971	32.8 °C17 April 1971	14.8 °C22 December 1971	22.5 °C	1,939 mm	27
1970	31.5 °C5 April 1970	17.6 °C3 December 1970	22.7 °C	1,875 mm	31
1969	32.2 °C13 February 1969	17.9 °C5 November 1969	22.8 °C	1,844 mm	41
1968	30.9 °C4 March 1968	17.8 °C28 November 1968	22.6 °C	1,677 mm	15
1967	31.5 °C5 March 1967	17.0 °C29 January 1967	22.6 °C	1,810 mm	21
1966	32.8 °C25 February 1966	18.7 °C8 June 1966	23.1 °C	1,349 mm	63
1965	31.6 °C11 May 1965	18.4 °C8 June 1965	22.8 °C	1,218 mm	15
1964	32.1 °C3 February 1964	17.3 °C1 August 1964	22.9 °C	1,069 mm	55
1963	31.8 °C9 February 1963	18.2 °C9 August 1963	23.0 °C	1,205 mm	36
1962	32.4 °C9 February 1962	18.0 °C23 June 1962	22.7 °C	1,220 mm	32
1961	33.3 °C22 February 1961	17.9 °C31 July 1961	22.7 °C	1,298 mm	45
1960	32.3 °C27 March 1960	17.7 °C6 October 1960	22.9 °C	1,358 mm	49
1959	33.2 °C2 February 1959	18.5 °C20 August 1959	23.1 °C	1,082 mm	60
1958	33.2 °C15 February 1958	17.3 °C17 August 1958	22.8 °C	1,277 mm	49
1957	32.0 °C17 February 1957	17.7 °C29 July 1957	22.7 °C	1,262 mm	20
1956	31.3 °C22 January 1956	15.6 °C7 August 1956	22.3 °C	1,518 mm	16
1955	31.7 °C16 February 1955	17.3 °C13 August 1955	22.5 °C	1,304 mm	22
1954	30.7 °C6 February 1954	14.0 °C3 August 1954	22.3 °C	1,419 mm	7
1953	31.4 °C23 January 1953	17.1 °C4 August 1953	22.6 °C	1,675 mm	26
1952	31.9 °C23 January 1952	17.6 °C15 August 1952	22.6 °C	1,789 mm	29
1951	31.8 °C12 February 1951	18.2 °C8 February 1951	22.7 °C	1,553 mm	33
1950	31.8 °C15 February 1950	14.2 °C18 July 1950	22.6 °C	1,090 mm	40
1949	33.8 °C16 February 1949	18.2 °C16 August 1949	22.9 °C	1,246 mm	58
1948	31.8 °C12 February 1948	18.6 °C23 July 1948	22.4 °C	1,762 mm	16
1947	31.9 °C21 February 1947	15.7 °C9 September 1947	22.6 °C	1,424 mm	23
1946	34.1 °C23 February 1946	17.1 °C23 August 1946	22.5 °C	1,382 mm	57
1945	33.3 °C23 February 1945	17.5 °C8 February 1945	22.6 °C	1,463 mm	61
1944	33.7 °C9 February 1944	17.0 °C2 August 1944	22.8 °C	1,212 mm	62
1943	31.2 °C3 February 1943	15.1 °C26 July 1943	22.3 °C	1,162 mm	17
1942	31.6 °C10 January 1942	15.4 °C19 July 1942	22.4 °C	1,419 mm	25
1941	32.8 °C14 February 1941	17.8 °C5 August 1941	22.9 °C	1,067 mm	47
1940	31.7 °C18 February 1940	16.7 °C3 August 1940	22.4 °C	1,227 mm	12

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

150 d/yr

+86

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1277 mm

-175 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.5 °C	+2.3 °C	28 mm	-15 mm
Feb	32.3 °C	+2.1 °C	22 mm	-37 mm
Mar	31.4 °C	+1.7 °C	116 mm	-18 mm
Apr	29.7 °C	+0.7 °C	124 mm	-32 mm
May	29.6 °C	+1.2 °C	168 mm	+22 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+1.7 °C	114 mm	-19 mm
Jul	26.5 °C	+0.1 °C	130 mm	+25 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	-0.2 °C	49 mm	-57 mm
Sep	27.9 °C	+0.9 °C	182 mm	+27 mm
Oct	27.9 °C	+0.9 °C	201 mm	-1 mm
Nov	28.8 °C	+1.4 °C	106 mm	-44 mm
Dec	30.0 °C	+1.8 °C	38 mm	-25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.5 °C

13 Feb 2025

Coldest day

19.4 °C

17 Aug 2025

Wettest day

27.6 mm

9 May 2025

Windiest day

16.5 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

43.9 km/h

25 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

4 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.1 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mbalmayo?

Mbalmayo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,452 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mbalmayo?

The hottest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1983, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mbalmayo?

The coldest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1954, at 14.0 °C.

Does it snow in Mbalmayo?

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

Has the climate of Mbalmayo warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mbalmayo?

The wettest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1974, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mbalmayo?

The windiest day measured in Mbalmayo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1953, with winds reaching 18.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mbalmayo?

The warmest month in Mbalmayo is February (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Mbalmayo?

Mbalmayo receives on average 1,452 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mbalmayo?

Mbalmayo gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mbalmayo?

Yes: Mbalmayo has on average 247 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mbalmayo?

In Mbalmayo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 10 March 2024, and the lowest was 12.7 °C on 10 January 2005.

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