Meïganga weather in October

In October, Meïganga sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 181 mm of rain across 25 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Meïganga's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Meïganga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
8th warmest
Overnight low
19°
7th coldest
Rainfall
181 mm
25 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:52 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover
77%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Meïganga is commune of Cameroon.

Density
9/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical October day in Meïganga reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and about 2°C cooler than November.

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How October really feels in Meïganga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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

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

Meïganga weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 17°10.211.75.1
Feb33° / 19°30.911.84.2
Mar33° / 21°417.6123.8
Apr30° / 20°16321.612.13.5
May28° / 20°19827.212.33.6
Jun27° / 19°19127.212.43.8
Jul26° / 19°24428.712.33.7
Aug26° / 19°28229.212.23.6
Sep27° / 19°24528.3123.6
Oct28° / 19°1812511.94.0
Nov30° / 18°245.911.75.3
Dec31° / 17°10.311.65.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31387
41387
51387
61387
71387
81387
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101486
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Meïganga gets around 181 mm of rain over 25 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
194
293
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592
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792
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1090
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2177
2275
2373
2470
2568
2666
2764
2861
2959
3056
3153

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 71% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1001783
2001684
3001684
4001684
5001684
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7001783
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10001882
11001882
12001981
13002080
14012178
15012277
16012376
17012475
18012673
19022771
20022969
21033067
22033265
23043462
24153559
25153757
26163855
27273952
28274051
29284148
30394246
314114343

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:535:50
211.95:535:50
311.95:535:49
411.95:535:49
511.95:535:48
611.95:535:48
711.95:535:47
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Meïganga

In seasonPeak

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

Meïganga's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Meïganga sees seasonal dust haze (March–April), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Meïganga?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Meïganga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Meïganga in October

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

In October, Meïganga sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Meïganga in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Meïganga peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 23UV 14Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Meïganga in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Meïganga is worst in March — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.1× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateMar 1365 µg/m³Aug 2011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan41Poor
Feb56Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr31Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep12Good
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Meïganga?

Meïganga sits at 6.5°N, 14.3°E, 970 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Garoua Boulaï, 76 km away.

Garoua BoulaïBabouaNgaoundalNgaoundéréBocarangaBouarAbbaTouboro

Topography around Meïganga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Meïganga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 995 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,044 m.

The land around Meïganga is covered by shrubs (36%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
1,044 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
October weather nearby: Garoua Boulaï 76 km · Baboua 99 km · Ngaoundal 114 km · Ngaoundéré 120 km · Bocaranga 157 km · Bouar 157 km · Abba 162 km · Touboro 182 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 Meïganga (6.5167°, 14.3°, elevation 970 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).