Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafoussam weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bafoussam: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Foumbot (24 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Bafoussam, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafoussam ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 28.2°C; Bafoussam is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Foumbot in MayCameroon · 24 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Mbouda in MayCameroon · 24 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Foumban in MayCameroon · 60 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Bamenda in MayCameroon · 61 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 290 mm rain
- Melong in MayCameroon · 64 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in MayCameroon · 79 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Kumbo in MayCameroon · 85 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 256 mm rain
- Bafia in MayCameroon · 121 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 122 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.