Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Bafia, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Bafia is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in MayCameroon · 103 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Foumbot in MayCameroon · 107 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Foumban in MayCameroon · 115 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Bafoussam in MayCameroon · 121 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in MayCameroon · 140 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MayCameroon · 145 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Mbouda in MayCameroon · 146 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Melong in MayCameroon · 147 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 338 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.