Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafoussam weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bafoussam: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (24 km away). In March its highs average 30.9°C, 2.3°C warmer than Bafoussam, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafoussam ranks joint 18th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 30.4°C; Bafoussam is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Foumbot in MarchCameroon · 24 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Mbouda in MarchCameroon · 24 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Foumban in MarchCameroon · 60 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Bamenda in MarchCameroon · 61 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Melong in MarchCameroon · 64 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 286 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MarchCameroon · 79 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Kumbo in MarchCameroon · 85 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Bafia in MarchCameroon · 121 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 60 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.