Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, 3.5°C cooler than Bafia, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 24 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 24 cities is 29.0°C; Bafia is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.2 mm to 5.8 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in DecemberCameroon · 103 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Foumbot in DecemberCameroon · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Foumban in DecemberCameroon · 115 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Bafoussam in DecemberCameroon · 121 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in DecemberCameroon · 140 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in DecemberCameroon · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Mbouda in DecemberCameroon · 146 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Melong in DecemberCameroon · 147 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 63 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.