Region · Cameroon
Best time to visit Southwest
This guide covers 4 destinations in Southwest, a first-level administrative division of Cameroon. The largest by population are Kumba, Buea and Limbe. Across its destinations, December and January are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Douala International Airport (DLA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Comfortable in the most places
- December and January
- Main airport
- DLADouala International Airport
- Currency
- XAFCentral African CFA franc
- Time zone
- Africa/Douala
Destinations
Destinations in Southwest
Every destination in this guide in Southwest, 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 Southwest
From the climate of 4 destinations in Southwest 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. The months comfortable in the most places: December and January.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 of 4 | 29 °C | 28 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 50 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 161 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 208 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 28 °C | 249 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 27 °C | 346 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 25 °C | 352 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 25 °C | 532 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 26 °C | 412 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 27 °C | 321 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 28 °C | 141 mm |
| December | 3 of 4 | 28 °C | 33 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 Southwest
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Southwest 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.
DLA · Douala International Airport
SSG · Malabo International Airport
CBQ · Margaret Ekpo International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Southwest, 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 Southwest
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.