Yaoundé Weather in August
Yaoundé in August
The short of it: Yaoundé in August averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 104 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 20° · rain 104 mm · daylight 12 h 14 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & January
August in Yaoundé brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 20°, with about 104 mm of rain over the month. Yaoundé's coldest stretch of the year, 27° by day and 20° by night. Wet spells are common — about 104 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 14 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Yaoundé runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Okoa, 16 km to the NE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Yaoundé, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 27 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h