Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bafou
Bafou climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,220 mm245 wet days a year
5.47° N, 10.12° EElevation 1,539 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goBafou · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low22° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bafou has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 28° and nights 15°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,220 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (477 mm, 30 wet days) and December the driest (20 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in December to 75% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Bafou is 2.3° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · February
- Coldest nights
- 14° · December
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 48 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 28° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 24° | 26° |
| Average low | 14° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 18 mm | 43 mm | 170 mm | 301 mm | 349 mm | 448 mm | 470 mm | 477 mm | 511 mm | 335 mm | 78 mm | 20 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.5 | 7 | 17.4 | 26.9 | 29.1 | 28.3 | 29.9 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 12.4 | 1.7 |
| Cloud cover | 38% | 42% | 62% | 75% | 73% | 66% | 71% | 75% | 71% | 69% | 54% | 34% |
| Daylight | 11h 50 | 11h 57 | 12h 05 | 12h 14 | 12h 22 | 12h 26 | 12h 25 | 12h 18 | 12h 09 | 12h 00 | 11h 52 | 11h 48 |
| Month score | 84 | 68 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 61 | 92 |
ivMonth by month
Bafou in every month
January84
27° / 14°
18 mm · 2.5 wet days
February68
28° / 15°
43 mm · 7 wet days
March49
26° / 16°
170 mm · 17.4 wet days
April48
24° / 16°
301 mm · 26.9 wet days
May49
23° / 16°
349 mm · 29.1 wet days
June52
22° / 15°
448 mm · 28.3 wet days
July50
21° / 15°
470 mm · 29.9 wet days
August48
21° / 15°
477 mm · 30.2 wet days
September50
21° / 15°
511 mm · 29.8 wet days
October51
22° / 15°
335 mm · 30.1 wet days
November61
24° / 14°
78 mm · 12.4 wet days
December92
26° / 14°
20 mm · 1.7 wet days