Maroua
City in Cameroon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Un amphi de l'école normale supérieure de Maroua: Harouna674, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Maroua is a city in Cameroon, in Far North. About 314,122 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Cameroon in our atlas.
It lies at 10.59° N, 14.32° E, about 406 m (1,332 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Douala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Maroua. Green dots: other major cities of Cameroon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Maroua has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 40°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (61°F). Around 750 mm (30 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
- Kousséri · 182 km
- Ngaoundéré · 371 km
- Bertoua · 671 km
- Bamenda · 686 km
- Bafoussam · 709 km
- Nkongsamba · 787 km
- Yaoundé · 806 km
- Kumba · 848 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2228373 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q818824 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Un amphi de l'école normale supérieure de Maroua: Harouna674, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)