Climate
Yaoundé features a tropical wet and dry climate with constant temperatures throughout the year. However, primarily due to the altitude, temperatures are not quite as hot as one would expect for a city located near the equator. Yaoundé features a lengthy wet season, covering a ten month span between February and November. However, there is a noticeable decrease in precipitation within the wet season, seen during the months of July and August, almost giving the city the appearance of having two separate rainy seasons. It’s primarily due to the relative lull in precipitation during these two months that Yaoundé features a tropical wet and dry climate, as opposed to a tropical monsoon climate.
| Climate data for Yaoundé | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33 (91) |
33 (91) |
33 (91) |
36 (97) |
34 (93) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
34 (93) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
36 (97) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
16 (61) |
15 (59) |
15 (59) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
14 (57) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 23 (0.91) |
66 (2.6) |
147 (5.79) |
170 (6.69) |
196 (7.72) |
152 (5.98) |
74 (2.91) |
79 (3.11) |
213 (8.39) |
295 (11.61) |
117 (4.61) |
23 (0.91) |
1,555 (61.22) |
| Source: BBC Weather | |||||||||||||
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