Abong Mbang weather in January

In January, Abong Mbang sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Abong Mbang's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abong Mbang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
3.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:23 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Abong Mbang is commune of Cameroon.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Abong Mbang reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Abong Mbang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Abong Mbang weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°153.311.85.3
Feb32° / 20°285.411.94.4
Mar31° / 21°9615.4123.7
Apr30° / 21°14921.912.13.5
May29° / 21°13823.612.23.7
Jun28° / 20°1202312.24.0
Jul27° / 20°12222.212.24.4
Aug28° / 20°13622.712.14.3
Sep28° / 20°15724.6123.9
Oct27° / 20°20127.711.93.7
Nov28° / 20°12417.611.84.7
Dec30° / 19°264.611.85.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25743
35644
45545
55545
65446
75446
85248
95149
105050
114951
124852
134654
144654
154654
164357
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184258
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204159
214159
223961
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304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Abong Mbang gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.3 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 10% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 47% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1101333441
2111332431
3121332431
4131332421
5131331421
6141331411
7151331411
8151331411
9151331411
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11151331411
12141331411
13141331421
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17121429451
18111429461
19111328470
20101328480
21101327490
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:176:04
211.86:186:04
311.86:186:05
411.86:186:05
511.86:196:06
611.86:196:06
711.86:206:06
811.86:206:07
911.86:206:07
1011.86:216:08
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1211.86:226:09
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1611.86:236:10
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1911.86:246:12
2011.86:246:12
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2811.86:256:15
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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275.6Bright
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305.6Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Abong Mbang

In seasonPeak

None of Abong Mbang's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Abong Mbang sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Is January a good time to visit Abong Mbang?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Abong Mbang for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Abong Mbang in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Abong Mbang sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Abong Mbang in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abong Mbang peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Abong Mbang in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Abong Mbang is worst in February — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.9× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1563 µg/m³Sep 179 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr23Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep8Good
Oct11Good
Nov17Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Abong Mbang?

Abong Mbang sits at 4.0°N, 13.2°E, 694 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bertoua, 86 km away.

BertouaAkonolingaBélaboNanga EbokoBatouriNkotengMbandjokOkoa

Topography around Abong Mbang

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Abong Mbang.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abong Mbang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 679 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 398 m.

The land around Abong Mbang is covered by trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
163 m
80 km
398 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Bertoua 86 km · Akonolinga 106 km · Bélabo 106 km · Nanga Eboko 119 km · Batouri 140 km · Nkoteng 141 km · Mbandjok 151 km · Okoa 176 km

Cameroon travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,972
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
30.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 445
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Muslim 31%Protestant 27%animist 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Abong Mbang (3.9833°, 13.1833°, elevation 694 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).