RAINY AND DRY SEASONS IN CAMEROON

Cameroon has two seasons which are the rainy and dry seasons. The rainy season begins in April and ends in November. Most streets, especially in the rural areas, are dirt roads, so they become very muddy during the rainy season, as you can see from the attached photos. Travel is very difficult, to a point where a simple trip can take three times as long, due to the condition of the roads. It is quite common for cars to get stuck on transit to remote villages, and are unable to move for several days. People sometimes have to spend one or two nights by their car on the road. It even happens that access in or out of town can be blocked because a car or large transport vehicle got stuck in the mud in the middle of the road. Depending in what part of Cameroon you are, the rains may come to an end mid October. The rainy season in the northern part of Cameroon has a rainy season that starts in May and ends in September.  Average rainy fall per year is between 1,500mm- 2,000 depending in what part of Cameroon you are. Most areas around the south coast get higher rain fall than areas in the northeast. Kribi, one of the cities around the coast, gets about 2,970 of rain each year.