Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 4.1°C cooler than Bafia, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Bafia is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.8 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in JanuaryCameroon · 103 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Foumbot in JanuaryCameroon · 107 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Foumban in JanuaryCameroon · 115 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Bafoussam in JanuaryCameroon · 121 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in JanuaryCameroon · 140 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in JanuaryCameroon · 145 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Mbouda in JanuaryCameroon · 146 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Melong in JanuaryCameroon · 147 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 58 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.