How extreme does Yaoundé's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Yaoundé has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 32 years of daily weather observations (1993–present), from the Yaounde Ville station 3 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Yaoundé has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

94°F Apr 4, 2021

The three most extreme on record

1 94°F Apr 4, 2021recent

2 93°F Feb 28, 2021

3 92°F Feb 28, 2022

❄️ Coldest night

61°F May 30, 1993

The three most extreme on record

1 61°F May 30, 1993

2 66°F Apr 29, 1993

3 66°F Aug 29, 2023

🌧️ Most rain in one day

1.54 in Mar 11, 2025

The three most extreme on record

1 1.54 in Mar 11, 2025recent

2 1.34 in Oct 7, 2024

3 1.31 in Mar 27, 2025

In plain terms

Across the record, Yaoundé has reached as high as 94°F and as low as 61°F. A single day has delivered over 2 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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