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Triplandio Yaounde guide covers 4 travel guides across 16 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 16 self-guided walking tours in Yaounde with 72 POI, spanning 62.8 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Yaounde
City & Country Data Cameroon (Yaounde)
Key travel data for Yaounde — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Cameroon
Tourists
1.0M/y
GDP/cap
$2.0k
Life Exp
64.0 yrs
Population
29.9M
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Yaounde
Coffee
$3.85
Beer
$1.30
Lunch
$3.85
Groceries
$9.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.30
Transit
$0.80
Fuel
$1.30/l
Internet
$36.00/m
Salary
$300/m
Best time to visit Yaounde (Cameroon)
Now (September) avg: 22°C, wetter month, moderate crowds. Best months to walk: Jan & Dec.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
27°C / 20°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:02 / 18:08
Local time
19:06
Best Months 
Jan & Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
A steamed dish made of ground melon seeds. Hearty stew with bananas and meat, spiced to perfection. A dark, aromatic stew with smoked fish. A rich stew made with bitter leaves, groundnuts, and meat. A lavish chicken dish favored by Cameroon's elite.
Traditional Local Food
Yaounde (Cameroon)
Main course
Vegetarian
Egusi Pudding
E-gu-si Puh-ding
· Steamed melon seed cake
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Main course
Meat
Kondré
Kon-dray
· Spiced banana stew
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Mbongo Tjobi
M-bon-go Cho-bee
· Smoked fish stew
Main course
Meat
Ndolé
N-dole
· Bitter leaf stew
Main course
Meat
Poulet DG
Poulet Directeur Général
Poo-leh Day-Gee
· Director's Chicken
