Climate Gombe 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.3	73	86	58	76	47
February	50.7	52	48	59	62	46
March	68.8	57	96	47	64	72
April	86.7		82	97	95	90
May	94.5		96	98	99	92
June	85.6		77	92	93	86
July	70.2		76	66	81	68
August	65.0		83	50	68	77
September	76.0		84	59	81	80
October	83.9		77	95	94	93
November	94.5		82	100	100	100
December	71.2		85	87	62	92
Average	73.4	61.3	81.3	71.0	80.5	77.6

2nd best VFR conditions of Cameroon

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	75.3	82	97	77	86	69
February	67.6	71	70	70	77	57
March	79.4	70	97	59	76	84
April	92.9		92	98	99	95
May	99.3		99	100	100	97
June	99.0		96	100	99	99
July	98.0		96	96	98	99
August	97.6		99	93	99	99
September	98.0		97	94	99	99
October	95.0		91	98	100	100
November	99.0		94	100	100	100
December	84.4		93	100	74	97
Average	88.3	74.5	93.8	85.1	92.2	91.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.8	34	35	35	37	34
February	36.0	35	35	36	35	36
March	40.3	41	39	40	40	41
April	39.3		38	36	41	41
May	36.6		37	35	37	38
June	33.0		32	32	34	34
July	31.6		32	30	31	32
August	30.8		31	29	30	32
September	31.3		32	29	32	31
October	33.8		35	32	33	34
November	36.2		36	35	35	37
December	34.8		35	35	35	37
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.

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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.5	4	4	5	5	5
February	4.7	4	6	5	5	5
March	5.9	6	5	6	8	5
April	8.0		9	9	7	8
May	7.8		8	9	7	9
June	6.7		7	8	6	8
July	7.0		6	8	8	8
August	6.8		6	7	7	9
September	5.4		5	6	6	6
October	5.4		6	5	7	6
November	4.6		5	4	7	6
December	3.9		4	4	5	4
Average	5.8	4.6	6.0	6.1	6.4	6.5

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	119°	129°	107°	088°	098°
February	115°	092°	105°	100°	103°
March	184°	299°	350°	281°	251°
April		276°	272°	276°	279°
May		270°	273°	280°	268°
June		274°	275°	271°	268°
July		277°	273°	277°	279°
August		274°	275°	278°	280°
September		282°	278°	282°	281°
October		275°	275°	285°	281°
November		274°	108°	295°	087°
December		117°	110°	102°	097°

Prevailing wind direction

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