Yaoundé Weather in January
Yaoundé in January
The short of it: Yaoundé in January averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 11 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 20° · rain 14 mm · daylight 11 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Yaoundé an average January high of 31°, a low of 20° and some 14 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the driest month of the year, only 14 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 11 h 55 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Yaoundé runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Okoa, 16 km to the NE, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Yaoundé, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h