Nkongsamba climate

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Nkongsamba is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. August is the wettest month (416 mm) and January the driest (55 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nkongsamba averages 3,248 mm of rain and 233 days above 25 °C.

Cameroon · population 162,309 · 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 February 29 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month January 55 mm
Wettest month August 416 mm
Least cloud December 60 % cloud
Hottest on record February 33 °C
Coldest on record January 15 °C

What to expectNkongsamba through the year

Nkongsamba changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 233 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 416 mm against 55 mm in January — 7.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.9 °C	55 mm	64 %
February	28.5 °C	100 mm	71 %
March	27.4 °C	267 mm	84 %
April	26.4 °C	327 mm	90 %
May	25.8 °C	313 mm	90 %
June	24.5 °C	319 mm	89 %
July	23.8 °C	375 mm	91 %
August	23.8 °C	416 mm	93 %
September	24.3 °C	400 mm	93 %
October	24.7 °C	400 mm	91 %
November	25.5 °C	217 mm	80 %
December	26.5 °C	60 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.9 °C	18.6 °C	22.6 °C	32.4 °C	14.6 °C	30	2
February	28.5 °C	19.2 °C	23.1 °C	32.8 °C	16.1 °C	27	6
March	27.4 °C	19.8 °C	22.6 °C	32.7 °C	17.0 °C	29	1
April	26.4 °C	19.9 °C	22.3 °C	29.6 °C	17.7 °C	26	0
May	25.8 °C	19.7 °C	21.9 °C	29.0 °C	17.6 °C	22	0
June	24.5 °C	19.2 °C	21.1 °C	28.0 °C	16.6 °C	12	0
July	23.8 °C	18.7 °C	20.4 °C	27.3 °C	16.0 °C	8	0
August	23.8 °C	18.7 °C	20.4 °C	27.9 °C	15.7 °C	8	0
September	24.3 °C	18.9 °C	20.7 °C	28.1 °C	15.9 °C	10	0
October	24.7 °C	18.9 °C	21.0 °C	27.9 °C	16.4 °C	12	0
November	25.5 °C	19.0 °C	21.5 °C	28.5 °C	17.0 °C	21	0
December	26.5 °C	18.7 °C	22.0 °C	29.8 °C	16.0 °C	29	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	55 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	80 %	8.4 km/h
February	100 mm	15	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	8.6 km/h
March	267 mm	27	12 h/day	84 %	87 %	7.6 km/h
April	327 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	91 %	6.8 km/h
May	313 mm	30	12 h/day	90 %	92 %	6.7 km/h
June	319 mm	29	12 h/day	89 %	93 %	6.5 km/h
July	375 mm	30	12 h/day	91 %	93 %	6.8 km/h
August	416 mm	31	12 h/day	93 %	93 %	7.0 km/h
September	400 mm	30	12 h/day	93 %	93 %	6.6 km/h
October	400 mm	31	12 h/day	91 %	93 %	6.5 km/h
November	217 mm	26	12 h/day	80 %	91 %	6.6 km/h
December	60 mm	13	12 h/day	60 %	85 %	7.4 km/h

How Nkongsamba 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
Nkongsamba	29 °C	19 °C	3,248 mm	233
Kumba · Cameroon	32 °C	21 °C	2,540 mm	339
Bafoussam · Cameroon	30 °C	15 °C	1,429 mm	167
Douala · Cameroon	30 °C	23 °C	2,930 mm	356
Bamenda · Cameroon	31 °C	15 °C	2,493 mm	231
Calabar · Nigeria	32 °C	22 °C	3,124 mm	356
Malabo · Equatorial Guinea	29 °C	24 °C	2,926 mm	363

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nkongsamba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nkongsamba?

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

How hot does Nkongsamba get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Nkongsamba?

August, averaging 416 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is January with 55 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,248 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 Nkongsamba 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
Data point: 4.955°, 9.940° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.