Garoua is bathed in sunshine — 306 sunny days a year. Summers are intensely hot — air conditioning is essential. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Garoua, Cameroon is a 700K-resident city with 306 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 46.0 µg/m³. A city in Cameroon.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 35 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 36 |
| Daily mean°C | 30 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 31 |
| Daily low°C | 20 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 25 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 38 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 40 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 30 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 34 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 16 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 24 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 21 | 16 | 18 | 32 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 79 | 76 | 60 | 33 | 24 | 45 |
| Dewpoint°C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 18.3 | 21.2 | 22.2 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 15.4 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 62 | 144 | 201 | 128 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 566 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 10.0 |
| Clear skyindex | 43% | 73% | 51% | 50% | 53% | 54% | 37% | 30% | 38% | 53% | 70% | 71% | 52% |
| UV indexmax avg | 9.1 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 9.3 |
Outdoor living in Garoua is seasonal. Dinner outside is comfortable 12/12 months — impressive, while lunch outside is tough year-round.
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Air Quality
Garoua reports an annual PM2.5 of 46.0 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Garoua reports an annual PM2.5 of 46.0 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 46.0 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Garoua? Honestly, air quality is a genuine health trade-off — Garoua's annual PM2.5 of 46.0 µg/m³ exceeds the EU limit and WHO standards by a wide margin, with respiratory impacts documented at these levels.
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