Weather in North

Calculated from weather data of Garoua International Airport (FKKR) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.8	33.7	34.5	35.2	36.7	33.6
February	36.0	35.0	35.3	36.2	35.0	35.5
March	40.3	40.7	38.7	40.2	39.6	40.5
April	39.3		38.2	35.7	40.6	41.3
May	36.6		37.2	34.5	37.2	38.2
June	33.0		32.1	31.6	33.6	33.7
July	31.6		32.2	30.1	31.3	31.6
August	30.8		31.3	28.8	30.3	31.8
September	31.3		32.1	28.8	31.8	31.3
October	33.8		34.5	31.6	33.3	34.1
November	36.2		36.2	34.6	35.3	36.6
December	34.8		34.5	34.5	34.8	36.6
Average	35.0	36.0	34.6	33.5	34.9	35.4

1st highest temperature of Cameroon

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.8	21	23	20	21	20
February	22.4	24	23	22	22	22
March	28.0	31	29	29	29	28
April	29.7		31	30	29	31
May	27.7		28	28	28	29
June	25.3		26	26	24	26
July	24.7		25	25	25	25
August	24.4		25	25	25	25
September	24.0		25	25	24	24
October	25.6		26	26	28	26
November	24.7		26	24	31	26
December	20.8		22	22	23	22
Average	24.7	24.3	25.9	25.2	25.6	25.3

5th lowest temperature of Cameroon

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	64	288	259	300	329
25 °C or warmer	66	328	329	342	363
20 °C or warmer	70	332	340	346	363
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.4		0	1	0	0
June	0.7		1	1	0	0
July	1.3		1	2	1	2
August	2.3		2	7	2	1
September	1.4		0	2	0	1
October	0.5		0	0	1	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.5		0.4	0.8	0.4	0.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.3	7	8	9	9	9
February	8.7	8	11	9	9	8
March	11.0	11	10	12	14	10
April	14.8		17	16	13	15
May	14.5		14	16	13	17
June	12.5		13	14	12	14
July	13.0		12	14	15	15
August	12.7		11	13	12	16
September	10.1		10	11	11	11
October	10.1		10	9	12	10
November	8.6		9	7	12	11
December	7.3		7	8	9	7
Average	10.8	8.5	11.2	11.4	12.0	12.1

1st highest wind speed of Cameroon

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SE	SE	E	E	E
February	SE	E	E	E	E
March	S	NW	N	W	W
April		W	W	W	W
May		W	W	W	W
June		W	W	W	W
July		W	W	W	W
August		W	W	W	W
September		W	W	W	W
October		W	W	W	W
November		W	E	NW	E
December		SE	E	E	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

North weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in North?

The warmest month is March with an average temperature of 40 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in North?

The coldest month is August with an average daytime temperature of 31 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in North?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in August with a probability of around 2.3 %.

Which month is the driest in North?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in January. The probability is about 0.0 %.