Maroua weather in July

In July, Maroua sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 119 mm of rain across 18.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Maroua's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maroua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 119 mm; 18.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:51 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Maroua is capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon.

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical July day in Maroua reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C cooler than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

How July really feels in Maroua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Maroua weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.3
Feb	35° / 20°	0	0	11.7	3.3
Mar	38° / 24°	0	0.2	11.9	1.0
Apr	39° / 27°	9	2.9	12.2	0.3
May	37° / 26°	38	8.9	12.5	1.5
Jun	34° / 24°	66	13.1	12.6	2.9
Jul	31° / 23°	119	18.8	12.6	3.5
Aug	30° / 22°	195	23.3	12.3	3.5
Sep	31° / 22°	109	18	12.1	3.6
Oct	34° / 22°	28	5.9	11.8	3.4
Nov	34° / 20°	1	0.2	11.5	3.7
Dec	32° / 18°	0	0	11.4	5.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	46	47	46	45	44	43	43	42	40	39	38	37	37	36	34	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	28	28	28	27	26	25	24
Cloudier (%)	54	54	53	54	55	56	57	57	58	60	61	62	63	63	64	66	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	70	72	72	72	73	74	75	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Maroua gets around 119 mm of rain over 18.8 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 61% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	57	58	59	60	62	63	64	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	51
8	52
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	73

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Oppressive (%)	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	77	78	79	80	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	8	calm
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30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:23 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:48	6:24
2	12.6	5:48	6:25
3	12.6	5:48	6:25
4	12.6	5:48	6:25
5	12.6	5:49	6:25
6	12.6	5:49	6:25
7	12.6	5:49	6:25
8	12.6	5:49	6:25
9	12.6	5:50	6:25
10	12.6	5:50	6:25
11	12.6	5:50	6:25
12	12.6	5:50	6:25
13	12.6	5:51	6:25
14	12.6	5:51	6:25
15	12.6	5:51	6:25
16	12.6	5:51	6:25
17	12.6	5:52	6:25
18	12.6	5:52	6:25
19	12.6	5:52	6:25
20	12.5	5:52	6:25
21	12.5	5:53	6:25
22	12.5	5:53	6:25
23	12.5	5:53	6:25
24	12.5	5:53	6:25
25	12.5	5:53	6:24
26	12.5	5:54	6:24
27	12.5	5:54	6:24
28	12.5	5:54	6:24
29	12.5	5:54	6:24
30	12.5	5:54	6:23
31	12.5	5:55	6:23

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Maroua

In seasonPeak

In July, Maroua sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Maroua's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Maroua sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Maroua?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maroua.

What to pack for Maroua in July

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

In July, Maroua sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Maroua in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maroua peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	13	11	10	11	12	13	11	11	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Maroua in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Maroua is worst in March — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	77	87	89	62	34	27	20	22	27	40	45	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	77	Unhealthy
Feb	87	Unhealthy
Mar	89	Unhealthy
Apr	62	Unhealthy
May	34	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	40	Poor
Nov	45	Poor
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Maroua?

Maroua sits at 10.6°N, 14.3°E, 406 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bogo, 36 km away.

Topography around Maroua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maroua has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m around an average of 410 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Maroua is covered by artificial surfaces (36%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

320 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

587 m

cropland 44%

80 km

1,150 m

grassland 47%

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← June Maroua year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Bogo 36 km · Mora 54 km · Kaélé 56 km · Mokolo 59 km · Guidiguis 66 km · Maga 74 km · Guider 84 km · Gwoza 87 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

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 Maroua (10.5909°, 14.3159°, elevation 406 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	51
8	52
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	51
8	52
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	39	61
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	36	64
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	51
8	52
9	53
10	54
11	55
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	69
23	70
24	70
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	72
30	72
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92