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Satellite view of Ambas Bay; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Bay

Ambas Bay

CameroonSouth-West · Cameroon · Gulf of Guinea

3.9927, 9.1846 · Limbe, 4 km

  • 29°Sea · May
  • 29°High · February
  • 6.5 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Ambas Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Ambas Bay in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 3.8 hSunshine a day
  • 28 daysRainy days in the month249 mm in total
  • 7 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 54Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 59 kmAirport: Malabo International Airport (SSG)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 27.4 °C — 0.3 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaApril and May29 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December6 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and December28 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°6 h32 mm
  2. Feb29°5 h76 mm
  3. Mar29°4 h149 mm
  4. Apr29°5 h194 mm
  5. May29°5 h208 mm
  6. Jun28°4 h330 mm
  7. Jul27°2 h366 mm
  8. Aug26°2 h393 mm
  9. Sep27°3 h381 mm
  10. Oct28°4 h249 mm
  11. Nov28°5 h147 mm
  12. Dec29°6 h28 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 28°Jul: 27°Aug: 26°Sep: 27°Oct: 28°Nov: 28°Dec: 29°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Feb: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 25°)Mar: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 25°)Apr: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)May: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Jun: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Jul: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Aug: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Sep: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Oct: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Nov: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Dec: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)27°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 32 mmFeb: 76 mmMar: 149 mmApr: 194 mmMay: 208 mmJun: 330 mmJul: 366 mmAug: 393 mm393Sep: 381 mmOct: 249 mmNov: 147 mmDec: 28 mm28

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.5 h6.5Feb: 5.3 hMar: 4.4 hApr: 4.6 hMay: 4.9 hJun: 3.6 hJul: 2.3 hAug: 1.7 h1.7Sep: 2.9 hOct: 3.8 hNov: 4.8 hDec: 6.3 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Ambas Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Ambas Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2924293266.57
February29252976125.38
March292529149214.47
April282529194244.67
Maywarmest sea282529208274.96
June272428330273.68
July262327366282.38
August262326393291.78
September262327381282.97
October272428249283.87
November282428147194.86
December2824292866.37

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER21 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.121 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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