Climate
Despite its location near the equator, Malabo features a tropical wet and dry climate. Malabo sees on average 1,800 mm of rain per year. The city has a pronounced, albeit short dry season from December through February. January is normally driest with just 5 mm (0.2 in) of rain falling on average. It also has a very lengthy wet season that covers the remaining nine months. On average, the months hit hardest by the wet season are from September to October, with 500 millimetres (20 in) of rain falling between them.
Daytime temperatures do not vary at all day to day, and only vary a few degrees throughout the entire year. At night, the average low temperature is 21-22 degrees in every month of the year, apart from January when average low is 19 degrees). January has cooler nights and hotter days because it has clearer weather. Nonetheless, Malabo, with only 1,180 hours of sunshine per year, is one of the gloomiest capitals in the world and experiences much fog even when it is not raining.
| Climate data for Malabo | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25 (77) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24.9 (76.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 42 (1.65) |
33 (1.3) |
110 (4.33) |
187 (7.36) |
179 (7.05) |
224 (8.82) |
284 (11.18) |
188 (7.4) |
277 (10.91) |
238 (9.37) |
92 (3.62) |
36 (1.42) |
1,890 (74.41) |
| % humidity | 86 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 92 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 91 | 90.2 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 172 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.8 | 152.5 | 108.5 | 120.0 | 117.8 | 69.0 | 46.5 | 58.9 | 48.0 | 68.2 | 99.0 | 139.5 | 1,176.7 |
| Source: Climate & Temperature | |||||||||||||
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