Oku climate — normals and trends
Oku (Cameroon) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 3,647 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Oku averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 237 rainy days per year.
Oku 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 21 March 2017) and the coldest 6.8 °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
OkuNorth-West Region
- coords
- 6.25°, 10.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.3°C
Average daily high
24.4°C
Average daily low
14.0°C
Annual rainfall
3,647mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
6.7km/h
Seasonal range
3.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
237 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.2 °C
Average feels-like low
14.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · p = < 0.001
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
21 March 2017
Coldest day
6.8 °C
7 January 1983
Wettest day
103 mm
31 May 2019
Windiest day
17.0 km/h
9 November 2006
Strongest gust
65.2 km/h
8 September 2001
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
19 April 2010
Coldest feels-like
4.6 °C
7 January 1983
Sunniest day
12.0 h
21 July 1996
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 8 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 29.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 8 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 29.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 49 mm | -135 mm |
| Apr | 26.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 361 mm | -44 mm |
| May | 25.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 409 mm | -43 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 436 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 21.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 579 mm | +71 mm |
| Aug | 21.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 319 mm | -169 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 615 mm | +100 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 464 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 25.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 106 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 28.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oku?
Oku has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 3,647 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oku?
The hottest day measured in Oku between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 2017, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oku?
The coldest day measured in Oku between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1983, at 6.8 °C.
Does it snow in Oku?
Almost never: Oku sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Oku warmed?
Yes: Oku warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oku?
The wettest day measured in Oku between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 2019, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oku?
The windiest day measured in Oku between 1940 and 2025 was 9 November 2006, with winds reaching 17.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oku?
The warmest month in Oku is February (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (16.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Oku?
Oku receives on average 3,647 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 237 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oku?
Oku gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Oku?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oku.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oku?
In Oku, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 19 April 2010, and the lowest was 4.6 °C on 7 January 1983.
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