Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In February its highs average 30.3°C, 4.2°C cooler than Bafia, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 3rd of 24 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 30.9°C; Bafia is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in FebruaryCameroon · 103 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Foumbot in FebruaryCameroon · 107 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Foumban in FebruaryCameroon · 115 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Bafoussam in FebruaryCameroon · 121 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in FebruaryCameroon · 140 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in FebruaryCameroon · 145 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Mbouda in FebruaryCameroon · 146 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Melong in FebruaryCameroon · 147 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 106 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.