Libreville climate

Name: Libreville
Address: GA

Libreville is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (387 mm) and July the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Libreville averages 2,591 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Gabon · population 846,090 · 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 July 23 °C
Driest month July 33 mm
Wettest month November 387 mm
Least cloud June 77 % cloud
Hottest on record March 32 °C
Coldest on record July 19 °C
Warmest sea March 29 °C

What to expectLibreville through the year

Libreville changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 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, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 20 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 387 mm against 33 mm in July — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Libreville is warmest in March at 29 °C and coldest in August at 25 °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	28.6 °C	255 mm	82 %
February	29.0 °C	222 mm	84 %
March	29.4 °C	266 mm	87 %
April	29.3 °C	264 mm	87 %
May	28.8 °C	239 mm	85 %
June	27.5 °C	78 mm	77 %
July	27.0 °C	33 mm	79 %
August	27.4 °C	36 mm	80 %
September	27.7 °C	142 mm	83 %
October	27.7 °C	351 mm	86 %
November	28.2 °C	387 mm	86 %
December	28.3 °C	319 mm	82 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.6 °C	23.9 °C	25.9 °C	30.6 °C	22.5 °C	31	1
February	29.0 °C	24.3 °C	26.3 °C	31.4 °C	23.1 °C	28	4
March	29.4 °C	24.5 °C	26.5 °C	31.8 °C	22.8 °C	31	8
April	29.3 °C	24.6 °C	26.5 °C	31.6 °C	23.3 °C	30	6
May	28.8 °C	24.4 °C	26.2 °C	31.0 °C	22.5 °C	31	2
June	27.5 °C	23.4 °C	25.1 °C	29.7 °C	20.4 °C	30	0
July	27.0 °C	22.5 °C	24.4 °C	29.5 °C	19.3 °C	31	0
August	27.4 °C	22.8 °C	24.7 °C	29.5 °C	20.6 °C	31	0
September	27.7 °C	23.5 °C	25.1 °C	30.0 °C	21.4 °C	30	0
October	27.7 °C	23.7 °C	25.2 °C	30.0 °C	22.2 °C	31	0
November	28.2 °C	23.6 °C	25.4 °C	30.6 °C	22.6 °C	30	0
December	28.3 °C	23.7 °C	25.6 °C	30.2 °C	22.5 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	255 mm	29	12 h/day	82 %	88 %	12 km/h	28.5 °C
February	222 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	12 km/h	28.9 °C
March	266 mm	29	12 h/day	87 %	88 %	12 km/h	29.2 °C
April	264 mm	27	12 h/day	87 %	88 %	12 km/h	29.1 °C
May	239 mm	26	12 h/day	85 %	88 %	13 km/h	28.4 °C
June	78 mm	12	12 h/day	77 %	84 %	16 km/h	26.8 °C
July	33 mm	7	12 h/day	79 %	82 %	16 km/h	25.7 °C
August	36 mm	8	12 h/day	80 %	81 %	17 km/h	25.4 °C
September	142 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	84 %	17 km/h	25.9 °C
October	351 mm	30	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	14 km/h	27.0 °C
November	387 mm	30	12 h/day	86 %	89 %	13 km/h	27.7 °C
December	319 mm	30	12 h/day	82 %	89 %	12 km/h	28.1 °C

How Libreville 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
Libreville	29 °C	23 °C	2,591 mm	364
Port-Gentil · Gabon	29 °C	22 °C	2,252 mm	363
Bata · Equatorial Guinea	29 °C	23 °C	2,689 mm	361
Ciudad de la Paz · Equatorial Guinea	29 °C	20 °C	2,665 mm	346
São Tomé · Sao Tome and Principe	29 °C	24 °C	1,491 mm	360
Malabo · Equatorial Guinea	29 °C	24 °C	2,926 mm	363
Douala · Cameroon	30 °C	23 °C	2,930 mm	356

Where Libreville ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	7th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	8th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March	10th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in January	11th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa year-round	24th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	27th of 50	28 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Libreville’s climate

When is the best time to visit Libreville?

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

How hot does Libreville get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 20 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Libreville?

November, averaging 387 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is July with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,591 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 Libreville 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: 0.392°, 9.454° (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.