Nkongsamba
City in Cameroon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nkongsamba 02: Gtankam, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nkongsamba is a city in Cameroon, in Littoral. About 162,309 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Cameroon in our atlas.
It lies at 4.95° N, 9.94° E, about 844 m (2,769 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Douala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nkongsamba. Green dots: other major cities of Cameroon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nkongsamba has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 3,065 mm (121 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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- Kumba · 65 km
- Bafoussam · 78 km
- Douala · 104 km
- Bamenda · 114 km
- Buea · 118 km
- Limbe · 131 km
- Yaoundé · 212 km
- Bertoua · 416 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2223763 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q999070 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nkongsamba 02: Gtankam, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)