Climate averages 1991–2020

Bafoussam weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 15.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 2.2 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Bafoussam: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (24 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, 1.9°C warmer than Bafoussam, with 2.1 mm of rain.

Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafoussam ranks joint 19th of 24 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 24 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 24 cities is 30.0°C; Bafoussam is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 7.4 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bafoussam, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Bafoussam

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 limits

How 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.