Region · Cameroon
Best time to visit North
This guide covers 3 destinations in North, a first-level administrative division of Cameroon. The largest by population are Garoua, Bibemi and Pitoa. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Garoua International Airport (GOU).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Main airport
- GOUGaroua International Airport
- Currency
- XAFCentral African CFA franc
- Time zone
- Africa/Douala
Destinations
Destinations in North
Every destination in this guide in North, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
When to go
Best time to visit North
From the climate of 3 destinations in North with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 37 °C | 0 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 40 °C | 3 mm |
| April | 0 of 3 | 40 °C | 29 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 37 °C | 97 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 134 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 171 mm |
| August | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 230 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 190 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 35 °C | 76 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 36 °C | 1 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 35 °C | 0 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving North
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in North name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
GOU · Garoua International Airport
YOL · Yola Airport
MVR · Salak Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in North, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Cameroon
Nearby
Regions near North
Other regions of Cameroon with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.