Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafoussam weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Bafoussam: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th 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 Foumbot (24 km away). In September its highs average 24.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Bafoussam, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bafoussam ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest September highs and 8th of 24 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 24 cities is 26.1°C; Bafoussam is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 180 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
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 | 22.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 259 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Foumbot in SeptemberCameroon · 24 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 239 mm rain
- Mbouda in SeptemberCameroon · 24 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 283 mm rain
- Foumban in SeptemberCameroon · 60 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 250 mm rain
- Bamenda in SeptemberCameroon · 61 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 375 mm rain
- Melong in SeptemberCameroon · 64 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 396 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in SeptemberCameroon · 79 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 396 mm rain
- Kumbo in SeptemberCameroon · 85 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 406 mm rain
- Bafia in SeptemberCameroon · 121 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 174 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.