Malabo climate

Name: Malabo
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Malabo is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 24 °C. July is the wettest month (451 mm) and January the driest (49 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Malabo averages 2,926 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Equatorial Guinea · population 155,963 · 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 March 29 °C
Coldest month August 24 °C
Driest month January 49 mm
Wettest month July 451 mm
Least cloud December 60 % cloud
Hottest on record September 35 °C
Coldest on record October 22 °C
Warmest sea April 29 °C

What to expectMalabo through the year

Malabo changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 26 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, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 451 mm against 49 mm in January — 9.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Malabo is warmest in April at 29 °C and coldest in August at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.3 °C	49 mm	64 %
February	28.8 °C	69 mm	70 %
March	28.9 °C	163 mm	81 %
April	28.9 °C	182 mm	85 %
May	28.4 °C	256 mm	85 %
June	27.3 °C	416 mm	83 %
July	26.5 °C	451 mm	84 %
August	26.4 °C	435 mm	86 %
September	26.8 °C	379 mm	86 %
October	27.3 °C	303 mm	84 %
November	27.8 °C	161 mm	75 %
December	28.2 °C	61 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	28.3 °C	25.7 °C	27.1 °C	30.9 °C	23.4 °C	31	0
February	28.8 °C	26.0 °C	27.5 °C	30.7 °C	23.0 °C	28	1
March	28.9 °C	26.1 °C	27.6 °C	32.4 °C	23.7 °C	31	1
April	28.9 °C	26.0 °C	27.5 °C	31.3 °C	23.2 °C	30	1
May	28.4 °C	25.6 °C	27.1 °C	32.1 °C	23.2 °C	31	0
June	27.3 °C	24.6 °C	26.0 °C	34.1 °C	22.1 °C	30	0
July	26.5 °C	24.0 °C	25.2 °C	33.9 °C	22.0 °C	30	0
August	26.4 °C	23.9 °C	25.1 °C	33.2 °C	22.4 °C	30	0
September	26.8 °C	24.2 °C	25.4 °C	35.1 °C	22.2 °C	30	0
October	27.3 °C	24.6 °C	26.0 °C	33.7 °C	21.8 °C	31	0
November	27.8 °C	25.2 °C	26.6 °C	33.2 °C	22.9 °C	30	0
December	28.2 °C	25.7 °C	27.0 °C	29.8 °C	23.2 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	49 mm	14	12 h/day	64 %	84 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
February	69 mm	16	12 h/day	70 %	84 %	13 km/h	28.9 °C
March	163 mm	24	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	13 km/h	29.2 °C
April	182 mm	26	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	12 km/h	29.3 °C
May	256 mm	28	12 h/day	85 %	87 %	11 km/h	29.3 °C
June	416 mm	29	12 h/day	83 %	88 %	12 km/h	28.1 °C
July	451 mm	29	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	13 km/h	26.8 °C
August	435 mm	28	12 h/day	86 %	89 %	14 km/h	26.2 °C
September	379 mm	29	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	13 km/h	26.8 °C
October	303 mm	29	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	12 km/h	27.7 °C
November	161 mm	25	12 h/day	75 %	87 %	12 km/h	28.3 °C
December	61 mm	17	12 h/day	60 %	85 %	12 km/h	28.7 °C

How Malabo 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
Malabo	29 °C	24 °C	2,926 mm	363
Douala · Cameroon	30 °C	23 °C	2,930 mm	356
Kumba · Cameroon	32 °C	21 °C	2,540 mm	339
Calabar · Nigeria	32 °C	22 °C	3,124 mm	356
Uyo · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,883 mm	358
Nkongsamba · Cameroon	29 °C	19 °C	3,248 mm	233
Ikot Ekpene · Nigeria	33 °C	22 °C	2,393 mm	358

Where Malabo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	3rd of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	4th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	4th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa year-round	4th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	7th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in January	7th of 50	29 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Malabo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Malabo?

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, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Malabo get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Malabo?

July, averaging 451 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is January with 49 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,926 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 Malabo 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: 3.756°, 8.782° (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.