Similar Climates › City Pairings › Monrovia ≈ Douala
City Pairings
loose match
Monrovia, Liberia and Douala, Cameroon are a loose climate match — 2,284 km (1,419 mi) apart. Monrovia is Köppen zone Am; Douala is Am.
See Monrovia on the interactive map →Monrovia and Douala both sit in the tropical monsoon (Am) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 2,284 km (1,419 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Monrovia, though not a perfect copy. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Douala warmer); July by 0°C (Douala warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Douala is 145 mm drier in July.
Sunshine stays close: Douala at 8.6 h/day on average versus 8.7 h/day in Monrovia (January 10 h / 10 h, July 7.2 h / 7.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (20 µg/m³ in Douala, 18 in Monrovia). Dew points differ modestly (January 24°C vs 22°C; July 23°C vs 22°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Douala, Cameroon is the closest distant match for Monrovia, Liberia — scored loose, about 2,284 km (1,419 mi) away.
Monrovia and Douala are separated by roughly 2,284 km (1,419 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are tropical monsoon (Am).
Monrovia has a tropical monsoon climate (Am). January averages a high of 32°C and a low of 21°C with 40 mm of rain; July averages 29°C / 20°C and 845 mm.
Monrovia averages about 10 hours of sunshine a day in January and 7.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 24.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 80); July averages 12.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 56).
Other close climate matches for Monrovia: Kochi (loose), Baguio (loose), Port Harcourt (loose).
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