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When to go to Garoua
When to go
What the averages say
No month in Garoua is both between 18°C and 32°C on average and under 150 mm of rain.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): October to June.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July to September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June to October.
- The warmest month is March (40°C) and the coolest August (29°C). The wettest is August (245 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 969 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanHot
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Garoua
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°C | 18°C | 0 mm | 19% | 31% | 5.9 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 39°C | 22°C | 0 mm | 16% | 41% | 6.1 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 40°C | 25°C | 2 mm | 20% | 60% | 6.4 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 38°C | 26°C | 44 mm | 43% | 73% | 6.2 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 35°C | 25°C | 104 mm | 64% | 72% | 5.9 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 33°C | 24°C | 140 mm | 73% | 66% | 5.5 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 30°C | 23°C | 190 mm | 80% | 73% | 5.2 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 22°C | 245 mm | 84% | 80% | 4.8 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 30°C | 22°C | 172 mm | 83% | 70% | 5.3 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 32°C | 22°C | 68 mm | 74% | 55% | 5.8 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 35°C | 20°C | 3 mm | 47% | 33% | 6 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 36°C | 18°C | 1 mm | 27% | 25% | 5.8 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Maroua175 kmGood for going: September
- N'Djamena360 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Bauchi405 kmGood for going: September
- Jos499 kmGood for going: May, June and September to January
- Saminaka531 kmGood for going: June and September to January
- Gboko531 kmGood for going: May and November to January
- Bafoussam537 kmGood for going: November to March
- Makurdi564 kmGood for going: May and November to January
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