Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, 3.6°C cooler than Bafia, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Bafia is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in MarchCameroon · 103 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Foumbot in MarchCameroon · 107 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Foumban in MarchCameroon · 115 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Bafoussam in MarchCameroon · 121 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in MarchCameroon · 140 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 145 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Mbouda in MarchCameroon · 146 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Melong in MarchCameroon · 147 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 286 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.