Limbe
City in Cameroon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Limbe1: Borigue, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Limbe is a city in Cameroon, in South-West. About 131,381 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Cameroon in our atlas.
It lies at 4.02° N, 9.21° E, about 74 m (243 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Douala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Limbe. Green dots: other major cities of Cameroon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Limbe 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 23°C (73°F). Around 2,553 mm (101 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.
What to eat in CameroonNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Buea · 15 km
- Douala · 55 km
- Kumba · 73 km
- Nkongsamba · 132 km
- Bafoussam · 210 km
- Bamenda · 239 km
- Yaoundé · 256 km
- Bertoua · 500 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2229411 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q819314 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Limbe1: Borigue, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)