Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafoussam weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bafoussam: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 259 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (24 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, 2.3°C warmer than Bafoussam, with 269 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafoussam ranks 22nd of 24 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Bafoussam is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 259 mm to 235 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Bafoussam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 7.4 | 1.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 39 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 111 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 146 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 158 | 26.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 22.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 240 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 22.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 259 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 22.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 235 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 180 | 26.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 43 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 11.812 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
August in nearby cities
- Foumbot in AugustCameroon · 24 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 269 mm rain
- Mbouda in AugustCameroon · 24 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 263 mm rain
- Foumban in AugustCameroon · 60 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 311 mm rain
- Bamenda in AugustCameroon · 61 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 331 mm rain
- Melong in AugustCameroon · 64 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in AugustCameroon · 79 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 396 mm rain
- Kumbo in AugustCameroon · 85 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 551 mm rain
- Bafia in AugustCameroon · 121 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 133 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 Bafoussam) is explained once on the Bafoussam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.