Yaoundé climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yaoundé?

Yaoundé has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 1,636 mm of precipitation per year.

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

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

Q: What is the coldest day in Yaoundé?

The coldest day measured in Yaoundé between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 13.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yaoundé?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yaoundé warmed?

Yes: Yaoundé warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Yaoundé?

The wettest day measured in Yaoundé between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 2021, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yaoundé?

The windiest day measured in Yaoundé between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2018, with winds reaching 19.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yaoundé?

The warmest month in Yaoundé is February (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yaoundé?

Yaoundé receives on average 1,636 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 251 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yaoundé?

Yaoundé gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yaoundé (Cameroon) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 1,636 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Yaoundé averages 0 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 251 rainy days per year.

Yaoundé has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °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 13.3 °C (on 13 January 2015).

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

YaoundéCentre

coords: 3.87°, 11.52°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.9°C

Average daily high

27.7°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,636mm

Sunshine / day

8.4h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

11.2km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

251 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.7 °C

Average feels-like low

22.5 °C

Average peak gust

27.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

206 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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

13.3 °C

13 January 2015

Wettest day

144 mm

3 December 2021

Windiest day

19.5 km/h

19 June 2018

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

15 November 1998

Hottest feels-like

40.9 °C

16 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

10 January 2005

Sunniest day

11.9 h

7 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.3 °C2 March 2025	19.1 °C11 January 2025	24.0 °C	1,484 mm	123
2024	34.4 °C16 March 2024	18.7 °C20 April 2024	24.5 °C	1,279 mm	161
2023	34.2 °C12 February 2023	18.4 °C31 January 2023	24.1 °C	1,532 mm	122
2022	33.9 °C26 February 2022	18.2 °C31 December 2022	23.7 °C	1,430 mm	98
2021	33.7 °C3 March 2021	18.2 °C10 May 2021	24.0 °C	1,636 mm	110
2020	35.2 °C23 February 2020	16.4 °C25 January 2020	24.1 °C	1,414 mm	115
2019	33.8 °C11 February 2019	19.2 °C5 November 2019	23.9 °C	1,719 mm	99
2018	34.5 °C31 January 2018	18.5 °C20 November 2018	23.7 °C	1,505 mm	89
2017	33.8 °C14 February 2017	18.0 °C7 April 2017	23.8 °C	1,701 mm	109
2016	34.2 °C5 February 2016	16.8 °C30 January 2016	24.0 °C	1,683 mm	104
2015	33.4 °C11 February 2015	13.3 °C13 January 2015	23.6 °C	1,446 mm	109
2014	33.6 °C13 February 2014	17.8 °C3 February 2014	23.6 °C	1,625 mm	84
2013	33.1 °C2 March 2013	14.9 °C17 December 2013	23.4 °C	1,560 mm	73
2012	32.9 °C27 March 2012	18.1 °C27 October 2012	23.4 °C	1,480 mm	79
2011	32.4 °C23 March 2011	17.3 °C18 January 2011	23.4 °C	1,586 mm	82
2010	33.0 °C14 February 2010	18.2 °C31 December 2010	23.8 °C	1,507 mm	104
2009	32.4 °C26 March 2009	18.8 °C23 June 2009	23.5 °C	1,573 mm	70
2008	33.6 °C14 February 2008	16.6 °C1 February 2008	23.3 °C	1,627 mm	68
2007	33.6 °C31 January 2007	14.6 °C17 January 2007	23.3 °C	1,699 mm	89
2006	32.5 °C9 February 2006	18.1 °C15 January 2006	23.2 °C	1,512 mm	68
2005	33.8 °C3 March 2005	14.4 °C10 January 2005	23.4 °C	1,379 mm	91
2004	33.4 °C20 February 2004	18.0 °C4 June 2004	23.3 °C	1,656 mm	73
2003	34.4 °C8 February 2003	16.7 °C4 July 2003	23.3 °C	1,599 mm	78
2002	34.1 °C23 February 2002	18.6 °C13 January 2002	23.1 °C	1,721 mm	58
2001	32.5 °C18 February 2001	16.5 °C23 July 2001	22.9 °C	1,529 mm	51
2000	34.2 °C27 February 2000	17.3 °C17 December 2000	22.8 °C	1,664 mm	60
1999	31.8 °C31 March 1999	17.4 °C24 May 1999	22.7 °C	1,879 mm	39
1998	34.1 °C22 February 1998	15.5 °C7 January 1998	23.6 °C	1,533 mm	95
1997	33.8 °C23 February 1997	18.1 °C3 August 1997	23.1 °C	1,547 mm	50
1996	31.8 °C23 February 1996	17.6 °C18 July 1996	22.9 °C	1,679 mm	39
1995	32.5 °C4 April 1995	18.1 °C23 March 1995	23.0 °C	1,730 mm	55
1994	32.1 °C21 February 1994	17.6 °C23 March 1994	23.0 °C	1,798 mm	55
1993	31.9 °C25 February 1993	16.8 °C10 March 1993	23.0 °C	1,817 mm	40
1992	33.7 °C18 February 1992	14.9 °C7 January 1992	22.7 °C	1,479 mm	47
1991	31.1 °C4 March 1991	18.7 °C18 December 1991	22.8 °C	1,623 mm	25
1990	33.0 °C11 March 1990	18.1 °C19 August 1990	22.8 °C	1,811 mm	34
1989	33.4 °C26 February 1989	16.8 °C14 February 1989	22.7 °C	1,627 mm	46
1988	32.9 °C21 March 1988	16.9 °C24 December 1988	22.9 °C	2,173 mm	48
1987	32.7 °C28 January 1987	18.3 °C1 July 1987	23.2 °C	1,904 mm	43
1986	31.8 °C13 February 1986	16.3 °C22 December 1986	22.5 °C	1,788 mm	24
1985	32.5 °C23 February 1985	16.2 °C6 December 1985	22.4 °C	2,190 mm	21
1984	33.7 °C21 March 1984	14.2 °C16 December 1984	22.6 °C	1,806 mm	31
1983	35.5 °C19 March 1983	15.0 °C9 January 1983	22.9 °C	1,490 mm	80
1982	31.9 °C11 February 1982	16.2 °C11 February 1982	22.5 °C	1,868 mm	19
1981	31.5 °C16 February 1981	17.4 °C30 July 1981	22.5 °C	1,757 mm	23
1980	32.5 °C21 March 1980	17.2 °C13 December 1980	22.7 °C	1,907 mm	44
1979	31.6 °C3 March 1979	17.4 °C6 July 1979	22.6 °C	1,728 mm	20
1978	32.2 °C24 February 1978	16.9 °C28 July 1978	22.5 °C	1,603 mm	15
1977	31.8 °C7 March 1977	17.5 °C27 December 1977	22.6 °C	1,537 mm	19
1976	30.8 °C17 February 1976	16.6 °C10 August 1976	22.2 °C	1,690 mm	5
1975	30.8 °C12 March 1975	14.4 °C10 December 1975	22.1 °C	1,665 mm	15
1974	31.1 °C18 March 1974	17.0 °C9 January 1974	22.1 °C	1,909 mm	14
1973	33.0 °C7 March 1973	17.8 °C13 July 1973	22.8 °C	1,876 mm	47
1972	31.3 °C27 March 1972	16.4 °C26 June 1972	22.5 °C	1,728 mm	12
1971	31.7 °C17 April 1971	15.0 °C21 December 1971	22.2 °C	2,139 mm	19
1970	31.8 °C5 March 1970	17.4 °C3 December 1970	22.5 °C	1,972 mm	23
1969	32.1 °C26 April 1969	17.0 °C5 November 1969	22.6 °C	1,998 mm	27
1968	30.8 °C28 February 1968	17.7 °C19 January 1968	22.4 °C	1,949 mm	9
1967	31.6 °C5 March 1967	16.6 °C29 January 1967	22.3 °C	1,895 mm	10
1966	32.9 °C25 February 1966	18.0 °C8 June 1966	22.8 °C	1,599 mm	52
1965	31.1 °C12 March 1965	17.9 °C8 June 1965	22.5 °C	1,466 mm	6
1964	31.8 °C29 February 1964	17.3 °C2 August 1964	22.6 °C	1,165 mm	37
1963	31.5 °C1 February 1963	17.8 °C9 August 1963	22.8 °C	1,352 mm	28
1962	32.2 °C4 February 1962	17.8 °C23 June 1962	22.4 °C	1,312 mm	31
1961	33.0 °C22 February 1961	17.3 °C31 July 1961	22.5 °C	1,443 mm	34
1960	31.8 °C24 February 1960	17.7 °C6 October 1960	22.7 °C	1,539 mm	34
1959	32.8 °C2 February 1959	18.1 °C22 September 1959	22.8 °C	1,166 mm	40
1958	32.9 °C15 February 1958	16.9 °C17 August 1958	22.5 °C	1,402 mm	46
1957	31.7 °C17 February 1957	17.4 °C29 July 1957	22.4 °C	1,421 mm	11
1956	31.1 °C21 January 1956	15.9 °C7 August 1956	22.0 °C	1,809 mm	11
1955	31.9 °C19 February 1955	17.3 °C13 August 1955	22.3 °C	1,485 mm	18
1954	30.5 °C6 February 1954	14.0 °C3 August 1954	22.1 °C	1,702 mm	4
1953	31.6 °C4 February 1953	17.1 °C1 August 1953	22.4 °C	1,810 mm	17
1952	31.6 °C25 January 1952	17.4 °C15 August 1952	22.4 °C	1,878 mm	15
1951	31.2 °C12 February 1951	17.5 °C8 February 1951	22.5 °C	1,892 mm	16
1950	31.4 °C15 February 1950	14.0 °C18 July 1950	22.3 °C	1,271 mm	26
1949	33.5 °C16 February 1949	17.9 °C16 August 1949	22.7 °C	1,450 mm	41
1948	31.8 °C12 February 1948	18.0 °C22 July 1948	22.2 °C	1,897 mm	15
1947	31.2 °C21 February 1947	15.6 °C8 September 1947	22.3 °C	1,654 mm	11
1946	34.4 °C23 February 1946	17.2 °C22 August 1946	22.3 °C	1,582 mm	52
1945	33.1 °C23 February 1945	16.8 °C8 February 1945	22.4 °C	1,717 mm	47
1944	33.6 °C9 February 1944	17.0 °C2 August 1944	22.6 °C	1,387 mm	50
1943	30.8 °C4 March 1943	15.1 °C26 July 1943	22.0 °C	1,301 mm	9
1942	31.4 °C5 February 1942	15.3 °C19 July 1942	22.1 °C	1,674 mm	18
1941	32.5 °C14 February 1941	17.7 °C5 August 1941	22.6 °C	1,271 mm	35
1940	31.3 °C18 February 1940	16.6 °C3 August 1940	22.2 °C	1,432 mm	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

+75

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1484 mm

-152 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.3 °C	+2.5 °C	27 mm	-20 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+1.9 °C	30 mm	-31 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+1.6 °C	118 mm	-21 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	142 mm	-34 mm
May	29.2 °C	+1.1 °C	237 mm	+61 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+1.4 °C	127 mm	-27 mm
Jul	26.0 °C	+0.1 °C	121 mm	+8 mm
Aug	25.6 °C	-0.4 °C	58 mm	-58 mm
Sep	27.4 °C	+0.9 °C	231 mm	+57 mm
Oct	27.4 °C	+0.7 °C	238 mm	-2 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	+1.4 °C	114 mm	-62 mm
Dec	29.4 °C	+1.6 °C	43 mm	-24 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

2 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.1 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

88.5 mm

9 May 2025

Windiest day

17.5 km/h

22 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

45.0 km/h

25 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.2 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

7 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yaoundé?

Yaoundé has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 1,636 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yaoundé?

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

What is the coldest day in Yaoundé?

The coldest day measured in Yaoundé between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 13.3 °C.

Does it snow in Yaoundé?

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

Has the climate of Yaoundé warmed?

Yes: Yaoundé warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Yaoundé?

The wettest day measured in Yaoundé between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 2021, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yaoundé?

The windiest day measured in Yaoundé between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2018, with winds reaching 19.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yaoundé?

The warmest month in Yaoundé is February (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Yaoundé?

Yaoundé receives on average 1,636 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 251 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yaoundé?

Yaoundé gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Yaoundé?

Yes: Yaoundé has on average 206 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yaoundé?

In Yaoundé, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 16 March 2024, and the lowest was 12.6 °C on 10 January 2005.

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