Bertoua
City in Cameroon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Alliance Voyage Bertoua: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bertoua is a city in Cameroon, in East. About 137,993 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Cameroon in our atlas.
It lies at 4.58° N, 13.68° E, about 665 m (2,182 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Douala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bertoua. Green dots: other major cities of Cameroon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bertoua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 1,304 mm (51 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Yaoundé · 253 km
- Ngaoundéré · 305 km
- Bafoussam · 375 km
- Nkongsamba · 416 km
- Bamenda · 421 km
- Douala · 444 km
- Kumba · 469 km
- Buea · 494 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2234359 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q657734 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Alliance Voyage Bertoua: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)