Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 2.5°C cooler than Bafia, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 29.2°C; Bafia is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 122 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 14 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 60 | 10.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 116 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 122 | 20.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 118 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 108 | 19.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 133 | 22.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 174 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 178 | 26.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 9.2 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in AprilCameroon · 103 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Foumbot in AprilCameroon · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Foumban in AprilCameroon · 115 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Bafoussam in AprilCameroon · 121 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in AprilCameroon · 140 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AprilCameroon · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 354 mm rain
- Mbouda in AprilCameroon · 146 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 217 mm rain
- Melong in AprilCameroon · 147 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 354 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bafia) is explained once on the Bafia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.