South-West · CameroonSummit weather, forecast and climate

Fako

3,976 m

Elevation3,976 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation0.3 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul7°average high

4.22° N, 9.17° EElevation 3,976 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Fako in brief

Fako rises to 3,976 m, South-West, Cameroon.

At the summit, February is the mildest month with average highs of 10°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Buea, 10 km to the SE at 859 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Fako by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	8°	7°	7°	8°	9°	10°	9°
Average low	4°	4°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	5°	5°	4°
Precipitation	46 mm	70 mm	221 mm	325 mm	440 mm	627 mm	964 mm	982 mm	696 mm	494 mm	222 mm	45 mm
Cloud cover	50%	54%	71%	80%	78%	64%	65%	68%	71%	73%	58%	45%
Daylight	11h 54	11h 59	12h 05	12h 13	12h 19	12h 22	12h 21	12h 15	12h 09	12h 02	11h 56	11h 53
Month score	37	29	8	5	5	11	10	9	8	7	13	39

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	5,050 m	5,100 m	5,100 m	5,150 m	5,100 m	4,950 m	4,800 m	4,800 m	4,850 m	5,000 m	5,050 m	5,000 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C