Yaoundé weather in October

In October, Yaoundé sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 244 mm of rain across 29.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Yaoundé's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yaoundé's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 244 mm; 29.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:02 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Yaoundé is capital of Cameroon.

Density: 7,219/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1888

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical October day in Yaoundé reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

	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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How October really feels in Yaoundé

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Yaoundé weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 20°	40	8.5	11.8	5.3
Feb	31° / 21°	54	10.3	11.9	4.4
Mar	30° / 21°	128	20.2	12	3.6
Apr	29° / 21°	170	23.8	12.1	3.4
May	29° / 21°	172	25.6	12.2	3.6
Jun	27° / 20°	151	24.1	12.2	4.1
Jul	26° / 20°	120	22.3	12.2	4.5
Aug	26° / 20°	121	22.7	12.1	4.4
Sep	27° / 20°	184	26.6	12	3.7
Oct	27° / 20°	244	29.1	11.9	3.5
Nov	28° / 20°	173	22.4	11.8	4.3
Dec	28° / 20°	54	11	11.8	5.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Yaoundé gets around 244 mm of rain over 29.1 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 94% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	93

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 77% 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 (%)	86	86	85	84	83	83	82	81	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69
Oppressive (%)	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	69	31

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, 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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 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 6:04 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:53 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:04	6:02
2	12.0	6:04	6:01
3	12.0	6:04	6:01
4	12.0	6:03	6:01
5	12.0	6:03	6:00
6	11.9	6:03	6:00
7	11.9	6:03	5:59
8	11.9	6:03	5:59
9	11.9	6:02	5:59
10	11.9	6:02	5:58
11	11.9	6:02	5:58
12	11.9	6:02	5:58
13	11.9	6:02	5:57
14	11.9	6:02	5:57
15	11.9	6:02	5:57
16	11.9	6:02	5:56
17	11.9	6:01	5:56
18	11.9	6:01	5:56
19	11.9	6:01	5:56
20	11.9	6:01	5:55
21	11.9	6:01	5:55
22	11.9	6:01	5:55
23	11.9	6:01	5:55
24	11.9	6:01	5:54
25	11.9	6:01	5:54
26	11.9	6:01	5:54
27	11.9	6:01	5:54
28	11.9	6:01	5:54
29	11.9	6:01	5:54
30	11.9	6:01	5:54
31	11.9	6:02	5:53

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.17 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 4.03 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)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Yaoundé

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Sep

Oct

Nov

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Is October a good time to visit Yaoundé?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yaoundé.

What to pack for Yaoundé in October

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

In October, Yaoundé sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Yaoundé 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 Yaoundé peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 10 (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	14	14	13	11	11	12	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Yaoundé 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 Yaoundé is worst in February — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (September, 12 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)	50	63	39	30	21	18	16	14	12	17	24	40
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	63	Unhealthy
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	30	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Yaoundé?

Yaoundé sits at 3.9°N, 11.5°E, 726 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Okoa, 16 km away.

Topography around Yaoundé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yaoundé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m around an average of 734 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,054 m.

The land around Yaoundé is covered by artificial surfaces (88%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

113 m

artificial surfaces 88%

16 km

594 m

trees 57%

80 km

1,054 m

trees 89%

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← September Yaoundé year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Okoa 16 km · Obala 33 km · Mbalmayo 39 km · Makak 64 km · Mbandjok 78 km · Akonolinga 82 km · Eséka 87 km · Nkoteng 92 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 Yaoundé (3.8667°, 11.5167°, elevation 726 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	27	20
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	20
10	27	20
11	27	20
12	27	20
13	27	20
14	27	20
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	27	20
21	27	20
22	27	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	93
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	69	31