Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bafia: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In August its highs average 26.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Bafia, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Bafia is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in AugustCameroon · 103 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Foumbot in AugustCameroon · 107 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Foumban in AugustCameroon · 115 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 311 mm rain
- Bafoussam in AugustCameroon · 121 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 259 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in AugustCameroon · 140 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 145 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Mbouda in AugustCameroon · 146 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 263 mm rain
- Melong in AugustCameroon · 147 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 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.