Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In October its highs average 26.4°C, 1.7°C cooler than Bafia, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Bafia is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in OctoberCameroon · 103 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Foumbot in OctoberCameroon · 107 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Foumban in OctoberCameroon · 115 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 200 mm rain
- Bafoussam in OctoberCameroon · 121 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in OctoberCameroon · 140 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 199 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in OctoberCameroon · 145 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 418 mm rain
- Mbouda in OctoberCameroon · 146 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Melong in OctoberCameroon · 147 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 418 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.