Ngaoundéré
City in Cameroon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
NgaoCameroon: Elin Beckmann, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ngaoundéré is a city in Cameroon, in Adamaoua. About 238,196 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Cameroon in our atlas.
It lies at 7.33° N, 13.58° E, about 1,128 m (3,701 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Douala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ngaoundéré. Green dots: other major cities of Cameroon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ngaoundéré has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 34°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (57°F). Around 1,478 mm (58 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
- Bertoua · 305 km
- Maroua · 371 km
- Bafoussam · 405 km
- Bamenda · 408 km
- Yaoundé · 447 km
- Nkongsamba · 480 km
- Kumba · 545 km
- Kousséri · 551 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2224827 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q745906 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- NgaoCameroon: Elin Beckmann, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)