Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bafoussam
Bafoussam climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,907 mm245 wet days a year
5.48° N, 10.42° EElevation 1,438 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goBafoussam · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low23° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bafoussam has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 30° and nights 16°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,907 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (329 mm, 30 wet days) and December the driest (7 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in December to 69% in April.
Compared with Yaoundé, the capital, Bafoussam is 0.2° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · February
- Coldest nights
- 15° · December
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 33% 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 | 29° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 25° | 27° |
| Average low | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 9 mm | 18 mm | 88 mm | 160 mm | 207 mm | 241 mm | 301 mm | 329 mm | 309 mm | 204 mm | 34 mm | 7 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 | 36% | 39% | 56% | 69% | 68% | 56% | 60% | 63% | 63% | 65% | 51% | 33% |
| 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 | 76 | 59 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 62 | 86 |
ivMonth by month
Bafoussam in every month
January76
29° / 16°
9 mm · 2.5 wet days
February59
30° / 16°
18 mm · 7 wet days
March40
29° / 17°
88 mm · 17.4 wet days
April44
27° / 18°
160 mm · 26.9 wet days
May51
25° / 17°
207 mm · 29.1 wet days
June56
24° / 17°
241 mm · 28.3 wet days
July54
23° / 16°
301 mm · 29.9 wet days
August53
23° / 16°
329 mm · 30.2 wet days
September53
23° / 16°
309 mm · 29.8 wet days
October52
23° / 16°
204 mm · 30.1 wet days
November62
25° / 16°
34 mm · 12.4 wet days
December86
27° / 15°
7 mm · 1.7 wet days