Kumba
City in Cameroon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kumba main park: Betterfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kumba is a city in Cameroon, in South-West. About 225,046 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Cameroon in our atlas.
It lies at 4.64° N, 9.45° E, about 244 m (801 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Douala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kumba. Green dots: other major cities of Cameroon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kumba has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 20°C (69°F). Around 2,912 mm (115 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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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- Buea · 58 km
- Nkongsamba · 65 km
- Douala · 71 km
- Limbe · 73 km
- Bafoussam · 142 km
- Bamenda · 166 km
- Yaoundé · 244 km
- Bertoua · 469 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2229752 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q997047 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kumba main park: Betterfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)