Maroua climate

Name: Maroua
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Maroua is warmest in April, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (192 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maroua averages 570 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Cameroon · population 314,122 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 40 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 192 mm
Least cloud December 28 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C

What to expectMaroua through the year

Maroua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 40 °C in April, a swing of 8.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 302 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 192 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.7 °C	0 mm	32 %
February	34.9 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
March	38.4 °C	under 1 mm	47 %
April	39.6 °C	9 mm	55 %
May	37.4 °C	36 mm	58 %
June	34.3 °C	67 mm	61 %
July	31.1 °C	124 mm	73 %
August	29.3 °C	192 mm	81 %
September	30.6 °C	112 mm	72 %
October	33.3 °C	29 mm	55 %
November	33.9 °C	1 mm	40 %
December	31.9 °C	0 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.7 °C	17.7 °C	24.3 °C	38.9 °C	10.6 °C	31	21
February	34.9 °C	20.3 °C	27.2 °C	41.4 °C	14.2 °C	28	27
March	38.4 °C	23.8 °C	31.0 °C	42.3 °C	15.8 °C	31	31
April	39.6 °C	26.3 °C	32.9 °C	44.3 °C	20.7 °C	30	30
May	37.4 °C	26.2 °C	31.4 °C	42.8 °C	18.3 °C	31	31
June	34.3 °C	24.8 °C	29.0 °C	39.2 °C	21.0 °C	30	29
July	31.1 °C	23.1 °C	26.6 °C	37.2 °C	20.6 °C	31	22
August	29.3 °C	22.1 °C	25.3 °C	33.6 °C	19.9 °C	31	10
September	30.6 °C	22.3 °C	26.0 °C	35.4 °C	19.8 °C	30	19
October	33.3 °C	22.5 °C	27.6 °C	37.9 °C	18.0 °C	31	29
November	33.9 °C	20.9 °C	27.1 °C	37.4 °C	16.0 °C	30	30
December	31.9 °C	18.4 °C	24.7 °C	37.1 °C	12.4 °C	31	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	20 %	16 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	15 %	17 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	47 %	13 %	17 km/h
April	9 mm	3	12 h/day	55 %	26 %	16 km/h
May	36 mm	9	13 h/day	58 %	48 %	15 km/h
June	67 mm	12	13 h/day	61 %	64 %	15 km/h
July	124 mm	19	13 h/day	73 %	75 %	14 km/h
August	192 mm	23	12 h/day	81 %	82 %	12 km/h
September	112 mm	18	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	11 km/h
October	29 mm	6	12 h/day	55 %	61 %	11 km/h
November	1 mm	0	12 h/day	40 %	29 %	14 km/h
December	0 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	23 %	15 km/h

How Maroua compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Maroua	40 °C	18 °C	570 mm	365
Mubi · Nigeria	37 °C	14 °C	808 mm	359
N'Djamena · Chad	41 °C	17 °C	433 mm	365
Maiduguri · Nigeria	40 °C	16 °C	444 mm	364
Yola · Nigeria	40 °C	20 °C	588 mm	365
Moundou · Chad	38 °C	19 °C	932 mm	364

Where Maroua ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in December	9thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in January	9thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	9thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	9thof 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Africa in March	10thof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	10thof 50	38 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Maroua.

QuestionsCommon questions about Maroua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maroua?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, August, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Maroua get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 302 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Maroua?

August, averaging 192 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 570 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Maroua rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.