Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafia weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bafia: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yaoundé (103 km away). In September its highs average 26.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Bafia, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafia ranks 4th of 24 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 24 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 24 cities is 26.1°C; Bafia is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 178 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Yaoundé in SeptemberCameroon · 103 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 184 mm rain
- Foumbot in SeptemberCameroon · 107 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 239 mm rain
- Foumban in SeptemberCameroon · 115 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 250 mm rain
- Bafoussam in SeptemberCameroon · 121 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 235 mm rain
- Mbalmayo in SeptemberCameroon · 140 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 166 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in SeptemberCameroon · 145 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 396 mm rain
- Mbouda in SeptemberCameroon · 146 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 283 mm rain
- Melong in SeptemberCameroon · 147 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 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.